Senate Passes CHRONIC Act Hours After Obamacare Repeal Bill Pronounced Dead

The Senate unanimously passed Medicare-centric chronic care legislation hours after GOP leadership declared Tuesday (Sept. 26) that senators would not vote on Obamacare-repeal before the deadline on Friday for passing the repeal bill with a simple majority. The Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) would extend the Medicare Independence at Home demonstration by two years, permanently authorize Medicare Advantage special needs plans, and expand coverage of telehealth services in Medicare Advantage and certain types of accountable...