Major health provisions fail to make cut in just-passed U.S. government funding bill.

Major health bills fail to make cut amid competing priorities Major bipartisan health bills, including changes to the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry and hospital payment reforms, were excluded from the $1.2 trillion government funding bill after memb… colinmeyn The Hill

Major bipartisan health bills, including changes to the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry and hospital payment reforms, were excluded from the $1.2 trillion government funding bill after members failed to come to a last-minute agreement.

Lawmakers and aides said they were close to a bipartisan, bicameral agreement, but ultimately there were too many people involved with too many competing priorities to get the package over the finish line.

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