Schumer Seeks Health Bill With Extenders, ACA Stabilization, Opioid Funds Before CR Expires

Updated Story Congress should pass a health care package by Feb. 8 that funds so-called extenders and addresses other issues that were left out of the temporary spending bill that reopened the government, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told colleagues Tuesday (Jan. 23). Those priorities include addressing the opioid crisis and shoring up the Affordable Care Act by passing the Alexander-Murray market-stabilization legislation and the Collins-Nelson measure that would provide federal reinsurance funding. He also called...