As Congress ended the 2017 session, there were still a number of important issues left unaddressed. They did manage to pass another Continuing Resolution (CR), to keep the government running through January 19, 2018. A CR is basically a “kick the can down the road but not too far down the road” piece of legislation that extends the prior year budget with some additional pieces of legislation thrown in. As we’ve said before, the Federal Budget year begins on 10/1 so the Gover

Now that we’re past the September 30th date for using Reconciliation Rules to force a Repeal and Replace, what lies ahead for the Affordable Care Act. As Bloomberg columnist Megan McArdle put it, the age of “Something must be done—this is something—therefore it must be done” legislation has ended and bipartisan supported bills will probably be the most expedient way of revising the ACA. MANY POSSIBILITIES EXIST: 1. Regulatory Reform: Those rules of the ACA which were not leg