Healthcare Policy Outlook with a Democratic-Controlled Senate

The victories by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the Georgia elections mean that incoming majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will preside over the narrowest possible majority in the U.S. Senate under which Vice President Kamala Harris would provide the tie-breaking vote. The outcome's fundamental significance is that Schumer can bring any matter to a vote in the chamber.1 Over the past two years, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) regularly blocked legislation passed...
By: Holland & Knight LLP