Hatch Puts ACA Changes, Entitlement Reform, SGR, CHIP On Agenda

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on Tuesday (Jan. 20) pegged as high priorities Affordable Care Act changes, Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP extension and a handful of cost-saving changes to entitlement programs, while also saying he hopes Republicans will unite behind his ACA replacement bill as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on a pivotal ACA case. Senate Finance will keep all procedural options open when it comes to passing "high-profile" bills on health care and tax reform...