{"id":9505,"date":"2018-02-08T09:58:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T14:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9505"},"modified":"2018-02-08T09:58:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T14:58:45","slug":"bipartisan-senate-budget-deal-boosts-health-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9505","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan Senate Budget Deal Boosts Health Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Julie Rovner and Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'PT Serif', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">In a rare show of bipartisanship for the mostly polarized 115th Congress, Republican and Democratic Senate leaders announced a two-year budget deal that would increase federal spending for defense as well as key domestic priorities, including many health programs. <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/bipartisan-senate-budget-deal-boosts-health-programs\/?utm_campaign=KHN:%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=60543834&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_BFYsOhAlAc1Id0t9dEbObBgAHZ1xnhrEAhVGoFxEtUmvNh5zNAJZ5gCM1vxSYTBt9CY25Mb2NOyuw1xGjNcOsb4E5QQ&amp;_hsmi=60543834\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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