House Dems Fail To Restore Obamacare, Family Planning Funds In HHS-Spending Bill

House Appropriations health subcommittee Republicans on Thursday (July 7) blocked Democrats’ amendments to restore funding that the chamber's HHS-spending bill would eliminate, such as money for Obamacare programs, comparative-effectiveness research and family planning programs. The House Appropriations health subcommittee voted along party lines to pass the fiscal 2017 HHS appropriations bill. Democrats equated family planning funding cuts to cutting funds to fight Zika because the virus can spread through sexual transmission, as well as mosquitoes. Republicans countered that restoring family...