Public Health & Policy: It Has Wide Support and Costs Nothing. Can This Prior Auth Bill Pass Congress? MEDPAGE TODAY reports on the progress with the Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act.

"I still have hope," said Peggy Tighe, legislative counsel for the Regulatory Relief Coalition, a group of physician specialty organizations advocating for regulatory burden reduction in Medicare, when she was asked about the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act, which was approved last week by the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee.

The measure, which seeks more transparency and accountability from Medicare Advantage plans on their prior authorization decisions, must still be approved by the full Ways & Means and House Energy & Commerce committees before it hits the House floor for a vote.

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