WASHINGTON, D.C. – Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. The election results will provide a glimpse into how Congress will handle HME issues in 2027.
But before the new Congress is sworn in, the current Congress will tackle several issues during a lame-duck session. Government funding runs out Dec. 11, and several health programs expire Dec. 31. Policy experts anticipate a health care package will move in Congress by year-end. This package is our best near-term opportunity for moving HME legislation.
AAHomecare has been meeting with senior Administration officials and members of Congress regularly to discuss our issues and coordinating messaging with allied consumer groups. Those meetings go further when lawmakers have already heard from providers in their home districts. With so many health care groups competing for a spot in a December deal, your calls and emails give our champions what they need to push for our bills. And if we don’t get there this year, that groundwork carries into 2027.
Your work is paying off; the SOAR Act added another cosponsor last week and now has 70 cosponsors. Please reach out to your Representative and Senators about:
- Delaying competitive bidding for CGMs and insulin pumps (S. 4037) and for ostomy and urological supplies (H.R. 10787)
- Restoring 75/25 blended-rate relief (H.R. 2005 / S. 2951)
- Passing the SOAR Act (H.R. 2902 / S. 1406)
These bills help patients stay at home and out of more expensive care settings, and they save taxpayers money.
If your legislators already cosponsor, thank them and ask them to push for these bills in the year-end package. If they are not a cosponsor, ask them to sign on. Keep it short, and tell them what these policies mean for your patients and your business.
Let’s continue working together to keep HME front and center in Washington, D.C.