E&C Panel Clears Bipartisan Medicare Bills, On Path With W&M To Replicate Senate Chronic Care Bill

The House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee unanimously passed seven bipartisan Medicare-related bills Wednesday (Sept 13), many of which are similar to measures in the Senate Finance Committee's CHRONIC Care Act. The House may combine these bills with others being considered by the Ways & Means Committee to create a parallel package to legislation approved by Finance, a House GOP aide said. The Senate CHRONIC Care Act, passed unanimously by Finance in May , includes multiple pieces of legislation similar...