House GOP Temporary Funding Bill Includes Package Of Extenders, Medicare Policies

House Republicans released temporary government-funding legislation late Monday (Feb. 5) that includes a large package of health care extenders, plus other Medicare policies and offsets borne by the industries that benefit from those policies. In addition to the extensions of programs and policies collectively called extenders, the package includes several Medicare bills, including the CHRONIC Care Act, The Part B Improvement Act and other Medicare legislation that House committees have passed. The conservative House Freedom Caucus supports the continuing resolution...