Following the November 2016 election results, the future of healthcare reform hangs in the balance.
Republican control of the White House and Congress is expected to bring sweeping healthcare changes. The Republican leadership has reiterated its intention to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which also could include major reforms to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Repeal of the ACA—whether in full or in part—would affect every health sector and stakeholder, including health insurers, manufacturers, laboratories, hospitals, providers, and most importantly, patients.
In addition to reforming the individual and small group health insurance markets and aspects of the group health insurance market, the ACA includes significant reforms to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Examples of such reforms include filling the Medicare Part D “donut hole”, expanding Medicaid eligibility and creating both the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. In addition, the ACA amended the 340B drug pricing program, created a new approval pathway for biosimilar biological products, and established the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
Sidley has assembled a dedicated task force that is closely monitoring all ACA-related developments. We will report on legislative and administrative proposals, as well as nominations and government investigations. We are ready to advise our clients on the impact of these developments and to assist in engaging and responding every step of the way.
News & Insights
- Health Reform Efforts Move Forward in the Senate, But Uncertainties Abound
July 27, 2017 - Senate Continues to Negotiate Language to Repeal and Replace Affordable Care Act, Radically Restructure Medicaid
July 6, 2017 - U.S. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Report Addresses Part B Drug Payment Policy
July 6, 2017 - U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing on Fiscal Year 2018 Health and Human Services Budget Request
June 30, 2017 - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on President’s Fiscal Year 2018 Health and Human Services Budget Request
June 30, 2017 - U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Requests Information Regarding Affordable Care Act Regulations
June 30, 2017 - Trump Administration Releases Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request, Including Significant Cuts to Health Programs
June 30, 2017 - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Appoints Additional Leadership and Staff Positions
June 30, 2017 - U.S. Senate Struggles to Draft a New Affordable Care Act Repeal and Replace Bill as Policy and Procedural Issues Loom
June 30, 2017 - Leaked Draft Regulation Seeks to Change Affordable Care Act’s Contraception Coverage Requirement
June 30, 2017 - U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Holds Hearing on Prescription Drug Prices
June 15, 2017 - U.S. Congressional Budget Office Releases New Score for American Health Care Act; All Eyes on the Senate
June 15, 2017
- Department of Health and Human Services Names Additional People to Leadership Positions
May 9, 2017 - Bipartisan Group of Senators Reintroduces CHRONIC Care Act; Senate Finance Committee Could Hold Markup in May
May 9, 2017 - House and Senate Agree on a 2017 Fiscal Year Budget
May 9, 2017 - House Narrowly Passes the American Health Care Act, 217-213
May 9, 2017 - Senate Committee Votes to Advance Dr. Scott Gottlieb’s Nomination for Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration to Full Senate
May 9, 2017 - President Trump Announces New Commission to Address the Opioid Epidemic
April 12, 2017 - Additional Leadership Positions Filled at Department of Health and Human Services and Office of Management and Budget
April 12, 2017 - House Republicans Offer New Amendment to American Health Care Act
April 12, 2017 - U.S. Office of Management and Budget Issues Supplemental Guidance Document on Two-for-One Executive Order
April 12, 2017 - American Health Care Act Suffers Defeat in the House
March 29, 2017 - White House Fiscal Year 2018 “Skinny Budget” Targets Discretionary Healthcare Spending
March 29, 2017 - American Health Care Act Congressional Budget Office Score Projects Savings Over 10 Years but Millions More Uninsured
March 29, 2017 - Health and Human Services and Treasury Letter to Governors Promotes Affordable Care Act Innovation Waivers
March 29, 2017 - Senate Confirms Seema Verma as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, 55-43
March 29, 2017 - Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on Food and Drug Administration User Fee Agreements
March 29, 2017 - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Food and Drug Administration Prescription Drug User Fees
March 29, 2017 - Department of Health and Human Services Announces New Webpage to Track Agency Actions on Affordable Care Act
March 29, 2017 - Trump Administration Names Additional Key Healthcare Staffers at Health and Human Services and White House
March 29, 2017 - Sen. Sanders Introduces Drug Importation Bill on Feb. 28
March 15, 2017 - House Health Subcommittee Holds Hearing on User Fee Program Reauthorizations and Generic Drug Competition Bill
March 15, 2017 - To Congress, President Trump Addresses Affordable Care Act, Prescription Drug Costs and Food and Drug Administration
March 15, 2017 - House Energy and Commerce Committee Advances American Health Care Act After 27-Hour Markup
March 15, 2017 - House Committee on Ways and Means Passes American Health Care Act After Markup
March 15, 2017 - American Health Care Act Moves Forward, Faces Challenges
March 15, 2017 - Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Tom Price Begins Building his Team, Tapping Several Capitol Hill Veterans
March 15, 2017 - Senate Finance Committee Holds Nomination Hearing on Verma for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator
March 1, 2017 - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Extends Deadline for Plan Year 2018 Qualified Health Plan Applications
March 1, 2017 - Trump Administration Will Allow Certain Affordable Care Act Noncompliant Plans to Continue Through Dec. 31, 2018
March 1, 2017 - House Republicans Publish Affordable Care Act “Repeal and Replace” Policy Brief
March 1, 2017 - House Republicans and Trump Administration Ask Court to Delay House’s Lawsuit Challenging Affordable Care Act Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments
March 1, 2017 - Leaked House Affordable Care Act Reconciliation Bill Would Bring Significant Changes to U.S. Healthcare System
March 1, 2017 - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Releases “Market Stabilization” Proposed Rule; Comments Due March 7
February 24, 2017 - Republican Senator Outlines Plan for Phased-In Repeal of Affordable Care Act Taxes
February 17, 2017 - Senators Urge Health and Human Services Secretary to Use Statutory Authority to Allow Drugs from Canada
February 17, 2017 - Senate Approves Rep. Tom Price for Department of Health and Human Services Secretary on Party Lines, 52-47
February 10, 2017 - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Focuses on Part B and Part D Reforms
February 9, 2017 - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Debates Two Medicaid Reform Bills
February 9, 2017 - White House Office of Management and Budget Issues Guidance on the “2 for 1” Executive Order; Lawsuit Follows
February 9, 2017 - Discussion of White House Office of Management and Budget Guidance on the “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review” Memo
February 9, 2017 - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Health Insurance Market Reforms on February 2, 2017
February 3, 2017 - President Trump Issues Executive Order to Reduce Regulations and Regulatory Costs
February 2, 2017 - Pharmaceutical Industry Executives Meet with President Trump on January 31, 2017
February 2, 2017 - Senate Finance Committee Advances Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Nominee Rep. Tom Price on February 1, 2017
February 2, 2017 - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Medicaid Reform on February 1, 2017
February 2, 2017 - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Holds Hearing on the Individual Health Insurance Market on February 1, 2017
February 2, 2017 - What Should Clinical Laboratories Expect in 2017?
February 2017 - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Holds Hearing on Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Nominee Rep. Tom Price on January 18, 2017
January 26, 2017 - Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Nominee Rep. Tom Price on January 24, 2017
January 26, 2017 - President Trump Issues Executive Order 13765 on the Affordable Care Act
January 24, 2017 - The House Republican Study Committee’s Affordable Care Act Repeal and Replace Legislation: The American Health Care Reform Act of 2017
January 24, 2017 - Trump Administration Issues “Priebus Memo” Requiring Regulatory Freeze for Pending Regulations
January 20, 2017 - Health and Human Services Announces Acting Officials
January 18, 2017 - Congressional Budget Office Issues Report on Effects of Repealing Portions of the Affordable Care Act
January 2017 - ACA in the 115th Congress: “Repeal and Replace” Strategy Moves Forward But Faces Hurdles
January 2017 - President-elect Donald Trump’s HHS Landing Team Members
January 2017 - Rep. Tom Price (R-GA): President-elect Donald Trump’s Nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
January 2017 - Seema Verma, MPH: President-elect Donald Trump’s Nominee for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
January 2017 - Election Results 2016: Preliminary Considerations for the Drug and Device Industry
November 17, 2016 - Election Results 2016: Preliminary Considerations for the Health Insurance Industry
November 15, 2016
If you have any questions regarding ACA reform and how it might have an impact on your business, please contact the Sidley lawyer with whom you usually work, or
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Patricia DeLoatche Senior Policy Advisor +1 202 736 8862 pdeloatche@sidley.com |
Michael Borden Partner +1 202 736 8521 mborden@sidley.com |
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Healthcare and Food, Drug and Medical Device Compliance & Enforcement |
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Stephanie Hales Partner +1 202 736 8349 shales@sidley.com |
Trevor Wear Partner +1 312 853 7101 twear@sidley.com |
Following the November 2016 election results, the future of healthcare reform hangs in the balance.
Sidley has assembled a dedicated task force that is closely monitoring all ACA-related developments. We have participated in and sponsored several events regarding these potential impacts.
Affordable Care Act Events
- December 7, 2016 - “What does the Presidential Election mean for the Healthcare Community?” Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization, Dora Hughes, Chicago, IL
- November 14, 2016 - “Mixing Policy and Politics: Opportunities and Challenges for our President-Elect,” Partnering for Cures, Dora Hughes, New York, NY
- On October 31, Sidley sponsored the symposium entitled “The Affordable Care Act: Trick or Treat?” to examine the Act’s five-year impact on the U.S. economy, political and legal landscape and medical outcomes. The event featured experts from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, Harris School of Public Policy, Law School and Pritzker School of Medicine, as well as the University of Princeton and American Medical Association.
If you have any questions regarding ACA reform and how it might have an impact on your business, please contact the Sidley lawyer with whom you usually work, or
Government Strategies | |||||
Patricia DeLoatche Senior Policy Advisor +1 202 736 8862 pdeloatche@sidley.com |
Michael Borden Partner +1 202 736 8521 mborden@sidley.com |
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Healthcare and Food, Drug and Medical Device Compliance & Enforcement |
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Stephanie Hales Partner +1 202 736 8349 shales@sidley.com |
Trevor Wear Partner +1 312 853 7101 twear@sidley.com |
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Following the November 2016 election results, the future of healthcare reform hangs in the balance.
If you have any questions regarding ACA reform and how it might have an impact on your business, please contact the Sidley lawyer with whom you usually work, or
Government Strategies | |||||||
Patricia DeLoatche Senior Policy Advisor +1 202 736 8862 pdeloatche@sidley.com |
Michael Borden Partner +1 202 736 8521 mborden@sidley.com |
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Healthcare and Food, Drug and Medical Device Compliance & Enforcement |
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Stephanie Hales Partner +1 202 736 8349 shales@sidley.com |
Trevor Wear Partner +1 312 853 7101 twear@sidley.com |