Senate Appropriations Passes HHS Spending Bill With ACA Funding, CMS Cuts

Senate Appropriations Passes HHS Spending Bill With ACA Funding, CMS Cuts-insidehealthpolicy: The Senate Appropriations Committee passed Thursday (June 25) its 2016 HHS spending bill with cuts to CMS and limits on Affordable Care Act funding, but Vice Chair Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) said defunding elements of the ACA is the “mother of all poison pill riders,” and Democrats raised the specter of a government shutdown if the two parties don't negotiate a bipartisan budget deal.