Lawmakers Edge Toward Health Policy Deal for Year-End Bill (1)

Lawmakers are inching closer to a potential package of health bills to ride on a stop-gap funding measure, with negotiators reviving talks after conversations hit a low point with House Republican leadership Thursday.

Lawmakers are looking to extend the Medicare telehealth flexibilities, reauthorize several health programs, and impose tighter requirements on pharmacy benefit managers, according to briefing notes obtained by Bloomberg Government.

The health policies are expected to be included in a continuing resolution that lawmaker are seeking to complete before a Dec. 20 deadline to avoid a government shutdown.

While negotiations remain in flux, the broader set of provisions ...