On July 4, President Trump got his wish and was able to hold a signing ceremony for the Reconciliation Bill that put into effect many of his policy priorities.
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, H.R. 1, was thus made law after the House of Representatives underwent hours of holding open votes, and a marathon speech from Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries (D. N.Y.), to concur in the Senate amendment to the bill. That amendment was substantially different from the version that was sent over from the House at the end of May. We covered the basics of the initial House version in an earlier blog post.
We will have more in depth explorations of what changes this law will bring on the health law universe, and they are going be extensive. However, here is a quick highlight of the areas of health care law that were included (and those that were left out).
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