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CRS Legal Sidebar: HHS Finalizes Rule Addressing Section 1557 of the ACA's Incorporation of Title Ix
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 28, 2024
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 28, 2024
"The final rule does contain more specific guidance and stronger safeguards than HHS originally proposed for entities seeking to invoke federal conscience and religious protections. This Sidebar begins by discussing the unique textual features of Section 1557 that have given rise to some of these legal questions, before turning to the 2024 rule and concluding with considerations for Congress." [LSB11169 May 28, 2024]
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CRS in Focus: A Hypothetical Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment Based on the Research Consumer Price Index for the Elderly
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 27, 2024
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 27, 2024
"[A table] provides the calculation of the Social Security COLA using both the CPI-W and the R-CPI-E. The December 2023 COLA using the R-CPI-E (4.0%) would have been 0.8 percentage points higher than the COLA using the CPI-W (3.2%)."
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CRS Report: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 Medicaid and Medicare Provisions (PDF)
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 27, 2024
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 27, 2024
32 pages. "With regard to Medicaid and CHIP, the CAA 2024 includes numerous provisions related to mental health and substance use disorder.... With regard to Medicare, the CAA 2024 extends funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection for Medicare quality programs and for outreach and assistance to low-income beneficiaries. " [R48075 May 24, 2024]
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CRS Report: Social Security: The Trust Funds (PDF)
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 23, 2024
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 23, 2024
22 pages. "This report covers how the Social Security program is financed and how the Social Security trust funds work. The report also covers the projected financial operations of the trust funds using data from the 2024 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees." [RL33028, updated May 23, 2024]
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CRS Report: Military Retirement
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 21, 2024
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 21, 2024
"The military retirement system is a government-funded system that provides a defined benefit to all retirees and matching government contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) for eligible servicemembers.... The system includes monthly compensation for qualified active and reserve retirees, disability benefits for those deemed medically unfit to serve, and a survivor annuity program for the eligible survivors of deceased retirees." [IF10483 May 20, 2024]
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CRS In Focus: Social Security Overview (PDF)
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 12, 2024
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 12, 2024
"How is Social Security financed? ... Who qualifies for benefits? ... How are benefits computed? ... Who is receiving benefits? ... How much do beneficiaries receive? ... What is Social Security's status?" [IF10426, updated May 10, 2024]
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CRS In Focus: Selected Findings of the 2024 Social Security Annual Report (PDF)
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 10, 2024
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 10, 2024
"The 2024 report projects a long-range funding shortfall. The funding shortfall is largely a result of rising costs over the 75-year projection period, primarily due to demographic trends.... In the 2024 report, the size of the payroll tax increase and benefit reduction needed to maintain solvency are smaller than estimated in 2023. However, each report shows that larger changes -- payroll tax increases or benefit cuts -- are needed as the insolvency date approaches." [IF12663 May 10, 2024]
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CRS Legal Sidebar: The Scope of ACA Section 1557: 'Health Program or Activity'
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 6, 2024
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 6, 2024
"This Legal Sidebar explores the potential scope of the 2024 Section 1557 rule with respect to HHS's definition of 'health program or activity,' which the statute does not define, and discusses how the new rule differs from previous interpretations of that term. In addition to the Department's position, federal courts have also begun interpreting Section 1557's scope; this Sidebar discusses a few of those cases. The Sidebar concludes by offering several considerations for the 118th Congress, especially given the possibility of continued litigation surrounding the rule and its potential to impact the availability of and coverage for health care services." [LBS11160 May 6, 2024]
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CRS Report: No Surprises Act Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process Data Analysis for the First Half of 2023 (PDF)
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 5, 2024
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
May 5, 2024
20 pages. "On February 15, 2024, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury released the first two public-use files (PUFs), which contain data from the first two quarters of IDR operations in calendar year 2023. The Departments also published certain federal IDR supplemental tables that summarize the relevant data to provide additional transparency. This report provides an overview and analysis of the data contained in the PUFs and supplemental tables." [R48058 May 2, 2024]
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CRS Fact Sheet: Contributions to Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
Apr. 25, 2024
Congressional Research Service [CRS]
Apr. 25, 2024
"This report provides [IRS] data on contributions to IRAs in 2020. Congress has an interest in contribution data because tax expenditures for retirement plans (estimated to be $25.0 billion for IRAs and $117.8 billion for DC plans in FY2024) are one of the largest categories of revenue losses attributable to provisions in the tax code." [R48051 Apr. 25, 2024]
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