Republican House majority leader Kevin McCarthy is dubbing the third week of June “health care week.” It is then the House of Representatives will bring up a series of health care-related bills as the Supreme Court prepares to issue its ruling on a major provision of the Affordable Care Act at the end of the month.
According to a memo from McCarthy to his fellow Republicans, the House will consider at least seven bills the week of June 15 that address various aspects of health care policy. Among the proposals are repealing Medicare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board (aka Obamacare’s “death panels”). But absent from the agenda is any legislation dealing directly with the outcome of King v. Burwell, the case concerning the legality of the federal health insurance exchanges. McCarthy said the House will respond when the Court issues its ruling.
