Federal News<\/p>\n
Trump Administration Finalizes Rule Requiring Health Insurers to Disclose Price and Cost-Sharing Information<\/a> [HHS.gov, 10\/29\/20]<\/p>\n “Under this final rule, more than 200 million Americans with private-sector insurance (both individual-market and employer-based) will have access to a list of real-time price information, including cost-sharing, enabling them to know how much care will cost them before going in for treatment.”<\/p>\n Bipartisan, bicameral group unveils $908 billion coronavirus proposal<\/a> [The Hill, 12\/1\/20]<\/p>\n “The bill’s price tag is about double the $500 billion being pushed for by McConnell and roughly half of the $2.2 trillion viewed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi<\/span> (D-Calif.) and Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer<\/span> (N.Y.) as the starting point for negotiations.”<\/p>\n House Approves Decriminalizing Marijuana; Bill To Stall In Senate<\/a> [NPR, 12\/4\/20]<\/p>\n “Branded as the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or MORE Act, the bill removes cannabis from the list of federally controlled substances and facilitates canceling low-level federal convictions and arrests related to marijuana.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n State News<\/p>\n Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dave Koehler, D-Peoria, and state House Assistant Majority Leader Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates, have filed bills in the House and Senate requiring that Managed Care Organizations return unused funds to the state for redistribution (SB4207 and HB5867<\/a>.)\u00a0 Koehler and Crespo state that this need for a redistribution of funds is in response to lower use of elective and outpatient services and an increase in COVID-19 related expenses.\u00a0 Read a Capital Fax posting with an MCO response<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Update on the Graduated Income Tax Failure and the Illinois Budget<\/p>\n Illinois Budget Forecast (Peoria Journal Star Nov 16)<\/a><\/p>\n Commentary from Ralph Martire at the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability (Dec 8th)<\/a><\/p>\n