Rural Health Policy Update

House Labor-HHS Advances:The House continues its annual push on passing fiscal 2022 spending bills ahead of the October 1 deadline. The full House is voting on the Labor-HHS spending bill this week, which is expected to pass narrowly. Included in the spending bill is...

Rural Health Policy Update

House Releases FY 22 Appropriations Schedule:When Congress returns from the Fourth of July Holiday, the House Appropriations Committee will vote on their fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending bill.  The Labor-HHS Subcommittee is scheduled to meet on July 12, where the bill...

Rural Health Policy Update

White House Releases FY 22 Budget:On May 28, the White House submitted its Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 22) budget request to Congress. Broadly, the budget request includes $133.7 billion for HHS which represents a 23.4 percent increase from the fiscal 2021 enacted level of...