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Senate Finance top Dem Ron Wyden is floating creating a new home care benefit in Medicare.
Part of a range of ideas for improving long term care for older adults, ppl w disabilities as part of Dem agenda planning
in @PunchbowlNews AM
It will be a good time to be Lisa Murkowski next year.
She's positioned to take over top R on either HELP, or if Collins loses, Approps
w/ @AnthonyAdragna @sn_handler
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News: DOJ is seeking a federal criminal indictment of former WH aide Cassidy Hutchinson on charges of lying to Congress in her Jan. 6 testimony
DOJ's Civil Rights Division brought evidence to a federal grand jury on Tuesday and is expected to present more evidence and additional witnesses later this month, per sources familiar with the plans. Hutchinson has not been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury, per the sources
MORE to come on this news from me and @bresreports in @PunchbowlNews Midday. Text subscribers got it first
News: Pallone is unveiling an overhaul of the surprise billing law today
He says private equity backed providers are gaming the system.
He would replace the arbitration system with “benchmarking.” Different approach than Ways and Means
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SCHUMER tells me & @LauraEWeiss16 that he’s running for Dem leader for the next Congress regardless of the outcome of the midterm elections.
“Yes,” Schumer said, “and I’m looking forward to getting things done for the American people.”
HELP Cmte won’t vote on FDA nom Overton at least until they get back/lame duck. As expected
Cmte spox: “Wednesday’s markup is a continuation of business from last week, so additional [noms] cannot be added…The Cmte will revisit Dr. Overton’s [nom] after the October recess.”
Cassidy declines to comment to reporters after Overton's hearing on whether he was reassured, saying he needs to review what she said
FDA nominee Heidi Overton says MMR vaccine is "not lethal" and is "safe and effective."
Under questioning from Cassidy
Cassidy tells me ahead of FDA hearing, "I’m trying to be neutral in my preconception.”
Says it would "certainly start to be a good sign" if Overton answers vaccine questions the way Surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier did last week
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Vice President JD Vance reignited the battle over Obamacare on Tuesday, with less than two months until the midterms.
@PeterSullivan4 has more:
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🚨News: Collins says any attempt by the administration to politicize grant making at the NIH is “contrary to congressional intent.”
Statement comes after reports in WaPo & Politico that Trump admin is looking to use an EO to overhaul NIH grants
PBN text subs had it first.
New: House Dem healthcare working group has sent its report to Jeffries, looking ahead to next year
Medicare for All is included as one option among an array of proposals.
Also out of pocket caps, dental/vision/hearing, health workforce
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Cassidy told me he had a "very cordial" meeting with FDA nom Heidi Overton
But when asked if he is ruling out voting for her, he said "I'd rather not comment."
He did say she will have a hearing and that timing is being worked out.
House leaders tell members to pay up heading into the midterms in @PunchbowlNews Midday.
Plus, NIL bill looking good
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"Unquestionably the MMR vaccine is the single most effective public health tool that we have against measles" says Chris Klomp, deputy HHS sec nominee, at his hearing
Shaheen says she has talked to the White House who has "some interest" in the $35 insulin bill
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is pulling out all the stops to get a years-long bipartisan effort to cap insulin costs across the finish line before she retires at the end of the year.
@PeterSullivan4 has the story:
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🚨DeLauro says she's learned DOD is trying to use NIH money to supplement the Pentagon's budget.
This is the kind of thing Approps Dems will surely be investigating/going after if Dems take the majority next Congress
