Over the last several years drug companies and their trade groups have opposed many of the reforms proposed in Congress and supported by TSCL to lower drug prices by arguing that high drug prices are needed to recover re ...
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Drug Prices Went Up Again
Although President Biden’s new drug price reduction law was passed this year, the law will not take effect immediately. The need for the new law, however, was underscored by the release of a study showing that drug pr ...
Remember Your Vaccinations
We remind you that it is time to get both your Covid booster shot as well as your seasonal flu vaccination. Medical experts are concerned that this flu season will be harder than usual. They are also concerned there will ...
Medicare Open Enrollment Season
We are now in Medicare open enrollment season. The 2023 season began last Saturday and runs through Dec. 7. During the annual open enrollment period, beneficiaries can review and change their Medicare coverage options, r ...
The Social Security Administration has announced that the COLA will increase Social Security benefits by 8.7% starting in 2023.
A COLA this high is almost unprecedented. This may be the first and the last time that today’s beneficiaries receive a COLA this high. There were only three other times since the start of automatic inflation adjustments ...
Winter is Coming – So is the Flu Season, Possibly Including New Covid Infections
Again, while this is not legislative news, seniors are being warned about the coming flu season because they and people with compromised immune systems are the most vulnerable to severe, or even fatal disease. Kaiser ...
Many People Who had Covid Still Suffering
While this is not legislative news, it is important to let you know that a new study out of Scotland found that about 48 percent of people who had covid still hadn’t fully recovered from the virus after 18 months and are ...
President Signs Order to Speed Up Efforts to Lower Drug Prices
President Joe Biden signed an executive order last Friday pushing federal officials to drive prescription drug costs down. The order requires the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to outline within 90 ...
CPI COLA Update 10.13.2022
Press Brief CPI – COLA Update October 13, 2022 For immediate use A Social Security cost–of–living–adjustment (COLA) of 8.7% is rare — enjoy it now. This may be the first and possibly the last time that b ...
Government Study Shows Corona Virus Vaccinations Saved Hundreds of Thousands of Lives Last Year
A new study from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal, estimated that coronavirus vaccines were linked to roughly 670,000 to 680,000 fewer hospitalizations as we ...