House Passes First Approps Bills, Skinny Health Package

The House voted Wednesday (March 6) to pass the first tranche of spending bills for fiscal year 2024, which is expected to pass the Senate tomorrow and avert a partial government shutdown, along with the attached “skinny” package of health care provisions. The health package , pared back from lawmakers’ initial visions, includes a partial fix for the Medicare physician pay cut, an increase to Advanced Payment Model bonuses, disproportionate share hospital and community health center funding, along with a...