Draft Labor-HHS Approps Bill Cuts ACA Spending, Shuns Risk Corridors

The House Appropriations Labor-HHS subcommittee on Thursday (July 7) will consider a $161.6 billion draft appropriations bill that includes $73.2 billion for HHS but cuts prior-year mandatory funds for the Affordable Care Act and freezes new discretionary spending used to run the law. The Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight and CMS' exchange navigator programs would not be funded. In total, HHS funding would rise $2.6 billion above the fiscal 2016 enacted level and $3.5 billion higher than what...