Last week the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a payment rule for 2022 that does not include pay raises for doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and others. That means there will ...
Daily Archives: July 19, 2021
Biden Administration Indicates Support for Whatever Health Care Bill Congress Can Pass
In a recent interview with Kaiser Health News, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra was asked what health care measures the Biden Administration would like to see passed. His response was very simple: “Our ...
Democrats in House of Representatives have Similar Legislation
The Democratic majority in the House of Representatives has previously introduced its own legislative package that would include vision, dental and hearing coverage in Medicare. The legislation would initially add preve ...
Health Care Legislation for Seniors Unveiled in the Senate
Last week Senate Democrats reached an agreement on a $3.5 trillion legislative package that would, among other things: Create dental, vision and hearing benefits in the Medicare program. Expand long-term care ben ...
Update for Week Ending July 17, 2021
The parameters of whatever new health care legislation is passed by Congress this year have now been laid out by the Democratic majorities in both Houses. We cover these Democratic proposals because they hold the – extr ...