Washington Letter
December
- ACA Health Insurance Mandate Repeal Signed into Law as Part of Tax Reform
- Congress Passes Short-term Spending Measure, Punting Final 2018 Spending
- Congress Set to Pass Temporary CHIP Funding Fix
- Court Orders EPA to Issue Ozone Schedule
- Congress Set to Repeal ACA Health Insurance Mandate As Part of Tax Reform
- Congress Rushing to Finalize Government Funding, Children’s Health Insurance, Other Measures by Dec. 22
- Congress Passes Temporary 2018 Spending Measure, Averting Government Shutdown, But Continued Budget Battles Loom
- Senate Panel Holds Hearing with NIH and FDA on Implementation of 21st Century Cures Law
- ATS Joins Letter to EPA Opposing Delay of Methane Rule
- Senate Passes Tax Bill with ACA Mandate Repeal; Differing House and Senate Bills Must Now Be Reconciled
- ATS Urges Administration to Maintain Essential Health Benefits and Other Patient Protections
- ATS Joins Effort Supporting CDC Chronic Disease Center
- ATS Testifies in Opposition to Clean Power Plan Repeal
- ATS Sues EPA for Failure to Enforce Ozone Clean Air Standard
- ATS Testifies in Opposition to Dirty Diesel Truck Emissions Limit Repeal
November
- First Global Ministerial Conference on Tuberculosis Convenes in Moscow
- EPA Proposes to Repeal Rule on Refurbished Diesel Truck Engines
- Tobacco 21 Bills introduced in Congress
- ATS Co-Hosts COPD Congressional Briefing
- Senate Committee Passes Tax Bill with ACA Mandate Repeal; House Tax Bill Silent on ACA Mandate
- Congressional Leaders Consider Elimination of Orphan Drug Tax Credit and Medical Expenses Deduction as Part of Tax Reform
- House Votes to Extend CHIP Funding Renewal
- EPA Administrator Blocks EPA Grantees from Serving on Advisory Committees
- EPA Holds Clean Power Repeal Hearing in Charleston, W.V.
- ATS Joins Court Action in Support of Warning Labels for Cigars
October
- Congressional Republicans Release Alternate Plan to Restore Insurer ACA Payments
- Judge Rules Administration Need Not Restore Insurer Payments; Alexander-Murray Health
Bill Won’t Increase Uninsured Rate - Sens. Alexander and Murray Introduce Bill to Stabilize Health Insurance Markets
- EPA Administrator Pruitt to Limit Scientist Participation on EPA Advisory Panels
- Burn Pits Funding Provision Included in Defense Bill
- Trump Administration Announces Decision to Stop ACA Subsidy Payments
- Trump Signs Executive Order to Change ACA Individual Insurance Market Rules
- Trump EPA to Withdraw Clean Power Plan
September
- NY and NJ Senators Introduce Bill Requiring Sleep Apnea Screening/Treatment for Transportation Workers
- Senate Halts ACA Repeal and Replace Effort
- Senate Set to Vote Next Week on Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal Bill
- ATS Supports Legislation to Increase Federal Tobacco Taxes
- ATS Comments on 2018 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule
- ATS Comments on 2018 Proposed Medicare Hospital Outpatient Rule
- ATS Testifies at Congressional Hearing in Support of Clean Air Act
- ATS Signals Support of Legislation to Address Climate Change
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Withdrawal of Proposed Sleep Screening Rule
- Senate Deal Struck on Children's Health Insurance Program Renewal
- ATS Joins Rally for Medical Research on Capitol Hill Day
- Senate Committee Approves $2 Billion NIH Funding Increase
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Cuts to NIH Indirects
- ATS Testifies in Support of EPA Vehicle Tailpipe Emissions Standards
- Senate Panel Approves Global TB Funding Increase
- House Considers Global TB Funding
August
- World Lung Day Petition
- Court Affirms DOT Rule Banning E-Cigarette Use During Flight
- FDA Announces New Vision for Tobacco Regulation
- EPA Reverses Decision to Delay Ozone Standard Implementation
- Looking Ahead: Bipartisan Legislation?
- Looking ahead: Courts and the Administration
- ATS Member Advocacy Helps Protect ACA
July
- House Cuts Tobacco Control Funding
- House Committee Approves NIH Funding Increase
- Senate Expected to Vote on ACA Repeal This Week
- House Releases Draft FY18 Interior/EPA Appropriations Bill
- ATS Opposes EPA Delay of the Methane Rule
- ATS Sues EPA Over Ozone Rule Delay
- House Appropriations Committee Votes to Restrict FDA Tobacco Control
- New CDC Director Named
- House Panel Approves NIH Funding Increase
- Senate Leadership Releases Revised ACA Repeal and Replace Bill – Votes Begin Week of July 24
June
- Senate Leaders Postpone ACA Repeal Bill Vote
- Action Alert
- ATS Leaders Meet with NIH Institutes and Federal Agencies
- House Committee Passes Bill to Weaken EPA Ozone Standards
- Senate ACA Repeal and Replace Bill Released
- July Advocacy Webinar
- The ATS urges members to call their senators NOW to urge them to vote NO on the Senate ACA Repeal bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act!
- CMS Analysis Predicts House Passed AHCA Will Add 13 Million Uninsured and Raise Net Costs for Health Insurance
- Senate Panel Hears Testimony from NIH Director
- House Subcommittee Passes Bill to Weaken Clean Air Act
- Senate Drafts Health Reform Legislation in Secret
- CMS Analysis Predicts House-Passed AHCA Will Add 13 Million Uninsured and Raise Net Costs for Health Insurance.
- House Subcommittee Passes Bill to Weaken Clean Air Act
- Contact Your Senators to Support Affordable Health Coverage for All Americans!
- NIH Scraps Controversial Grant Cap
- Collins to Continue As NIH Director
- EPA Announces Delay in Ozone Rule Enforcement
- Trump Says U.S. Will Leave Paris Climate Accord
- Trump Budget Proposes Radical Cuts to NIH, EPA and other Agencies
May
- ATS Joins Letter Urging HHS Secretary Price to Take Action on FDA Regulation of Tobacco
- Improve Your Billing and Coding Skills
- ATS Rally: Lab Coats for Lungs – Bring Your Lab Coat!
- ATS Rally on Capitol Hill: Lab Coats for Lungs
- New AHRQ Director Appointed
- Senate Confirms Gottlieb as FDA Commissioner
- Senate Rejects Effort to Roll Back Methane Rule
- House Passes American Health Care Act
- 2017 Spending Bill Provides $2 Billion NIH Funding Increase
- Trump Administration Sends Concerning Signals on Tobacco Regulation
- Contact Your Senators & Urge Them to Sign NIH Letter
April
- ATS Participates in FDA Meeting on Cough Suppressant Medications
- DC District Court of Appeals Delays EPA MATS Case
- House Republicans Nearing Agreement on ACA Repeal Bill
- Congress Passes Temporary Budget
- House of Representatives May Consider New ACA Repeal and Replace Bill
- EPA Requests Delay in Mercury Air Toxics Court Case
- FDA Issues New Restrictions on Codeine and Tramadol Prescription Medications
- FDA Seeks Public Reporting of Tobacco Product Safety Issues
- DC District Court of Appeals Grants Trump Delay in EPA Ozone Case
- DC District Court of Appeals Requires Air Pollution Emission Reporting from Large Farms
- Congressional Letter Urges NIH Funding Increase
- House Subcommittee Passes Legislation to Ban Smoking at all VA Facilities
March
- ATS Goes to Capitol Hill
- ATS Convenes World TB Day Congressional Briefing with Partners
- House Pulls Repeal and Replace Bill; Speaker Ryan Says, "We will be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future."
- ATS Testifies on Clean Air
- TB Survivors Advocate in DC
- ATS Opposes "Regulatory Reform Bills" That Would Delay Clean Air Improvements
- ACA Repeal and Replace Advances in House
- Trump Budget Proposes Radical Cuts to NIH, EPA and other Agencies
- The Administration Budget Proposal: The ATS Responds
- ATS Joins Effort to Support Federal Research and Public Health Workforce
- ATS Surveys Unattended Sleep Studies
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Cigar Exemption
- Meet your Congressional Delegation in DC!
February
- ATS Surveys Unattended Sleep Studies
- 2017 ATS Fellowship in Health Equality – ATS Accepting Applications for Award
- ATS Fellowship in Health Equality – ATS Accepting Applications for the 2017 Award
- ATS Files Amicus Brief in Support of OSHA Silica Rule
- ATS Joins Letter Expressing Concerns with Trump Immigration Executive Orders
- ATS Fellowship in Health Equality – ATS Accepting Applications for the 2017 Award
- New Health and Human Services Secretary Confirmed
- ATS Joins Letter to Congress Supporting NIH Funding
- ATS Supports Rule to Reduce Methane Emissions
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Repeal of the Methane and Waste Prevention Rule
January
- ATS Urges DC District Court of Appeals to Affirm EPA Mercury Rule
- January Issue of ATS Coding and Billing Quarterly Now Available
- Collins to Remain as NIH Director – For Now
- NIH Issues Final Common Rule Changes
- Health and Human Services Secretary Nominee Appears Before Senate Committee
- OSHA Issues Revised Beryllium Exposure Limit
- House Passes Two "Regulatory Reform" Bills
- NIH Director Submits Resignation
- CMS Makes Major Change in How It Reimburses Moderate/Conscious Sedation
- ATS Urges Congress to Ensure Health Coverage for All Americans
Last Reviewed: January 29, 2018
