At the end of 2020, Congress passed the federal “No Surprises Act” as part of the end-of-the-year coronavirus relief legislation. The legislation bars surprise billing for out-of-network emergency care as well as out-of- ...
Daily Archives: March 22, 2021
Senate to Hold Hearings on Drug Prices
Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 23, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee’s Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee is scheduled to hold a hearing on drug prices. The hearing is titled, “Why D ...
Drug Pricing Bills Pass Senate – Now House Must Pass
The Senate has passed two measures that, while rather technical in nature, deal the prices of prescription drugs. One of the bills (S.415) would help lower drug costs by boosting competition and closing loopholes that ...
House Passes Bill to Stop Cuts in Medicare Payments – but Senate Passage in Doubt
Passage of legislation in Congress is more complicated than most people realize. The Constitution allows each chamber of Congress to set its own rules for getting it done. Because the House of Representatives has 435 ...
Update for March 20, 2021
House Passes Bill to Stop Cuts in Medicare Payments – but Senate Passage in Doubt Passage of legislation in Congress is more complicated than most people realize. The Constitution allows each chamber of Congress to s ...