House Republicans have ensured meaningful reforms and program integrity requirements will accompany a temporary extension of unemployment programs created by the CARES Act that expire Dec. 31, 2020. Unemployed individuals get an additional $300/week from Dec. 26, 2020 to March 14, 2021. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA): Extends and phases out PUA, a ...
Our legislation provides important assistance to individuals, businesses, and students through the tax code. A more technical description of each provision is provided in the section by section. Another round of cash assistance for workers and families. Expanding on financial relief provided in the CARES Act, individuals with valid SSNs with adjusted gross income up to $75,000 ...
Led by House Republicans, this package creates pro-growth certainty by reforming the one-year expiring temporary tax extenders for the first time since 2015. It also makes permanent strongly supported tax incentives, including from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, extends other traditional tax items for 5 years rather than year-to-year, and eliminates outdated provisions. We hope to include an ...
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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar laid out in an op-ed for Fox Business how Operation Warp Speed (OWS) is utilizing the public and private sectors to deliver a vaccine to COVID-19 at record pace. Key Points: "It is now highly credible that OWS will have produced up to 100 million doses of safe and effective
Key Points: -The U.S. Surgeon General issued a challenge to providers to help fight our nation’s rising maternal mortality rate. -Providers should work to “address care for women with hypertension who are pregnant and/or postpartum” and “breastfeeding initiation and continuation disparities among breastfeeding mothers.” -The Administration also announced a new ...
Key points: 2021 Medicare Open Enrollment is officially open and will run through December 7, 2020. People with Medicare can review health and drug plans and make changes to their healthcare coverage for next year based on their financial and medical needs. People who want to keep their current Medicare coverage do not need to ...
Key Takeaway: Building on actions to bolster laboratory testing for COVID-19, the Trump Administration is making changes to Medicare payments made to laboratories in order to incentivize faster and more efficient diagnostic test results. Yesterday, CMS announced that, starting January 1, 2021, Medicare will pay $100 only to laboratories that are able to process high throughput ...
CVS and Walgreens will provide and administer COVID-19 vaccines to residents of long-term care facilities (LTCF) nationwide with no out-of-pocket costs, thanks to new agreements with the Trump Administration. Read below a press release from HHS to learn more about this important announcement. Protecting especially ...
More than 25 million Americans who lost their job due to COVID-19 shut downs continue to receive unemployment benefits. Yet, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats continue to stall additional targeted COVID-relief, including for unemployed workers. In August, President Trump stepped-in to fill the void caused by Democrats’ inaction by using executive authority to create the