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Lame-Duck Battle Looms With Health Wins In Skinny Bill Expiring In December

By Amy Lotven, Bridget Early, Dorothy Mills-Gregg, Jessica Karins / March 4, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Stakeholders are celebrating several key wins in the latest budget deal, including a partial mitigation to the doc cuts, a boost in community health center funding, and a full buyout of the 2024 disproportionate share hospital (DSH) cuts. But most of the extenders last only through the end of this year, teeing up another health care battle in the lame-duck session that could wrap in debate on major provisions excluded from this week’s skinny deal. Provisions that weren't wrapped into...


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