Health Exchange Alert Weekly Report - 07/01/2020

House Passes ACA Enhancement, Drug Pricing Bill

By Amy Lotven / June 29, 2020 at 7:03 PM
The House on Monday (June 29) passed 234-179 legislation to expand the Affordable Care Act’s ACA’s tax credits, incentivize Medicaid expansion and reverse Trump administration policies that chipped away at the law, and Democrats fully paid for the package using legislation to reduce prescription drug prices via government negotiation. The White House has already said it would veto the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act (PPACEA) and the bill is viewed as dead on arrival in the Senate. The...


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