During the Covid-19 pandemic Medicare increased payments to certain specialty doctors, including cardiologists and radiation oncologists, by 3.75 percent. That pay increase is set to expire in 2022 and Medicare has deci ...
Daily Archives: November 8, 2021
Hearing Makes it, but Dental and Vision are out
TSCL had been hoping that Medicare coverage for hearing, dental and vision services would be included in the new legislation but the agreement reached last week includes only hearing services. According to Kaiser Heal ...
Drug Companies Fought Against any Legislation that would Force Drug Prices Lower
We are at a strange point in our society where on the one hand, drug companies are heroes for the way they developed vaccines against Covid-19 so quickly – vaccines that have saved many lives and allowed us to think abou ...
New Prescription Drug Price Reduction Agreed On
Last week the Democratic majorities in Congress reached an agreement on new measures to begin reducing prescription drug prices. These are not as far-reaching as those proposed previously but they still are major steps ...
Weekly Update for Weekend Ending October 6, 2021
New Prescription Drug Price Reduction Agreed on Last week the Democratic majorities in Congress reached an agreement on new measures to begin reducing prescription drug prices. These are not as far-reaching as those ...