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By: Elizabeth Lauten, Alabama Today
The Republican-led U.S. House of Representativessent legislation to President Barack ObamaWednesday after voting to repeal his legacy health law in efforts to fulfill a 2014 promise to voters.
Washington D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL) applauded the passage of Senate amendments to H.R. 3762, a budget "reconciliation" bill that repeals critical components of Obamacare. The bill also places a one-year moratorium on Planned Parenthood funding. The bill will now go to President Obama's desk.
By: Michael Rule,
By: Brandon Mosley, Alabama Political Reporter
By: Brandon Mosley, Alabama Political Reporter
Tuesday, July 7, Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) announced his agreement with the recently announced decision of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to create a year-long transition period during the implementation of ICD-10, the coding system tied to Medicare and Medicaid.
By: Howard Koplowitz
An Alabama congressman is praising the federal agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid for giving doctors one year to transition to a new coding system tied to payments a month after he introduced a bill that gives doctors' offices a two-year grace period to implement the system, known as ICD-10.
By: Elizabeth Beshears, Yellowhammer News
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday morning that the subsidies provided through federally-run ObamaCare exchanges are lawful.
The 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell is being touted as a "major win" for the Obama administration's signature, and most controversial legislation.
By: Howard Koplowitz, AL.com
Most of Alabama's congressional delegation slammed the Supreme Court's ruling Thursday that upheld a contested portion of the Affordable Care Act.