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By Ron Southwick Democrats and Republicans in Congress are pushing a bill that they would said would provide a permanent expansion of access to telehealth. Several House members are backing legislation that would allow employers to offer standalone telehealth benefits, similar to vision or dental plans. Lawmakers said under the legislation, the telehealth benefit wouldn’t… Read more »

By Richard Payerchin Lawmakers hope permanent telehealth benefits will “fill a much-needed gap for certain members of the American workforce who lack affordable access to quality health care.” Representatives have reintroduced the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act that would allow employers to offer standalone telehealth benefits to workers, similar to… Read more »

WRITTEN BY: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck This week, the House and Senate Education and Labor committees announced their full roster of members for the 118th Congress. Democrats retained the majority in the Senate, and as a result, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee saw few major changes to committee rules and priorities. There are, however,… Read more »

 By Mark Melchionna   Last week, six US House representatives announced the introduction of the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act, a piece of bipartisan legislation that aims to provide American workers with access to employer-sponsored telehealth benefits. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many options for in-person healthcare became… Read more »

Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Educational Choice for Children Act, bicameral legislation to expand education freedom and opportunity for students. Specifically, it provides a charitable donation incentive for individuals and businesses to fund scholarship awards for students to cover expenses related to K-12… Read more »

By Andrea Fox The Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to treat benefits for telehealth services like excepted benefits. WHY IT MATTERS The bill aims to keep stand-alone telehealth benefits separate, not as a… Read more »

By Nicole Alcindor, CP Reporter Several members of Congress joined Evangelical leaders at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning for the National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance, asking God to forgive the many ways the country has strayed from His will.  The gathering, featuring several Republican lawmakers, was held a day before President Joe… Read more »

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times House lawmakers have found an area of bipartisan interest in a divided Congress: American entrepreneurship. Reps. Rick Allen, Georgia Republican, and Mark DeSaulnier, California Democrat, are seeking to expand entrepreneurial skills training to existing federal workforce development programs.   “Having built my own business from… Read more »

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) held the Committee’s organizing meeting today, its first meeting in the 118th Congress.  Below are highlights and excerpts of her remarks:  “Welcome everyone to the Energy and Commerce Committee’s first meeting of the 118th Congress.  “Today we will welcome our newest members and we will vote on our… Read more »

By Ariel Cohen Kevin McCarthy's quest to become Speaker of the House ended after 15 votes with many concessions granted to the hardline, America first, Freedom Caucus within the GOP House delegation that prevented his unchallenged ascent. The extent of these concessions took weeks to emerge and drew controversy. Notably, Marjorie “Jewish space lasers” Taylor… Read more »