GOP Pushes Bill To Codify CBO Health Panel As Dems Warn Of Politicization

House Budget Committee Republicans advanced a bill along party lines Wednesday (Sept. 25) that would codify the responsibilities of the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Health Advisers, reduce the number of members on the panel, and give the House and Senate Budget Committee chairmen and ranking members the same authority as the CBO director to appoint the advisers -- a move committee Democrats blasted as an attempt to politicize the panel. The HEALTH Panel Act (H.R. 9686), introduced last week...