A new report suggests that “product hopping”—a practice by drug companies to extend their patents on profitable drugs—costs American consumers and the U.S. health care system billions of dollars each year. The report ...
Daily Archives: April 19, 2021
Hospitals Told to Stop Hiding Their Prices from Patients
There are new federal rules that require hospitals to post their pricing information online in order to give patients the information they need to make decisions about their health care. But it turns out that some large ...
Biden Proposes Major Changes to Government Health Care Programs
Also last week, President Biden unveiled his proposal to create a $6.5 billion medical research agency with a bold new goal: quickly developing cures for diseases including cancer, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes. If the ag ...
President Biden Signs Bill to Delay Medicare Payment Cuts
Last Wednesday President Biden signed legislation temporarily halting cuts to Medicare providers that would likely have had a negative impact on seniors who rely on Medicare for their health care coverage. The cuts ar ...
Update for April 17, 2021
President Biden Signs Bill to Delay Medicare Payment Cuts Last Wednesday President Biden signed legislation temporarily halting cuts to Medicare providers that would likely have had a negative impact on seniors who r ...