With CBO Scores In Hand, House Passes BBB Bill With Historic Health Reforms

Following months of contentious debate that had fractured the Democratic party, House Democrats Friday morning (Nov. 19) came together to pass a partisan $1.7 trillion social infrastructure package embedded with historic health reforms, albeit scaled back from their earlier $3.5 trillion plan, including: a short-term fix to the Medicaid coverage gap and extension of temporary enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits; the addition of a hearing benefit to Medicare; $150 billion for home care; new authority for Medicare to negotiate...