Underneath the smothering POTUS radar, comes a spate of Dem passed [bills] (https://appropriations.house.gov/sites/democrats.appropriations.house.gov/files/FY2020%20LHHS%20Filed%20Report%20-%20HR2740.pdf) (PDF) (because, if they can’t pass these things, who the heck else will?) as part of a flurry of appropriations totalling almost $100M. One major bill was the reversal of a decades-long ban on a [national patient identifier] (https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/house-votes-to-lift-ban-on-funding-for-national-patient-identifier.html). If passed into law, it would remove a major barrier to the electronic exchange of health information. This one bears watching.
