On March 11, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through September 30, the end of the federal fiscal year. Importantly, the legislation included critical extensions of health care programs slated to end at the end of March, including:
As covered in a recent edition of The Valued Voice, WHA was in Washington, DC with a group of rural health care leaders in mid-February advocating for the importance of extending these critical federal health care programs.
While continuing resolutions are typically approved on a bipartisan basis, the House passed this legislation on a largely party-line vote of 217-213, with all but one Republican voting yes and all but one Democrat voting no. It remains to be seen if the U.S. Senate will have the 60 votes needed to pass this legislation in the Senate. If the Senate fails to act by the end of Friday, March 14, it will trigger a federal government shutdown. However, because the current continuing resolution funds the health care extensions for telehealth, the Hospital-at-Home program and the MDH/LVH programs through the end of March, those programs would not be impacted if Congress can pass a resolution to fund the government by the end of the month.
Contact WHA Vice President of federal and State Relations Jon Hoelter with questions.
On March 11, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through September 30, the end of the federal fiscal year. Importantly, the legislation included critical extensions of health care programs slated to end at the end of March, including:
As covered in a recent edition of The Valued Voice, WHA was in Washington, DC with a group of rural health care leaders in mid-February advocating for the importance of extending these critical federal health care programs.
While continuing resolutions are typically approved on a bipartisan basis, the House passed this legislation on a largely party-line vote of 217-213, with all but one Republican voting yes and all but one Democrat voting no. It remains to be seen if the U.S. Senate will have the 60 votes needed to pass this legislation in the Senate. If the Senate fails to act by the end of Friday, March 14, it will trigger a federal government shutdown. However, because the current continuing resolution funds the health care extensions for telehealth, the Hospital-at-Home program and the MDH/LVH programs through the end of March, those programs would not be impacted if Congress can pass a resolution to fund the government by the end of the month.
Contact WHA Vice President of federal and State Relations Jon Hoelter with questions.