The Oversight and Reform Committee of the House of Representatives has scheduled a hearing this week to reveal findings in the panel’s three-year investigation into pharmaceutical pricing and business practices. The hear ...
Daily Archives: December 6, 2021
Sen. Sanders Asks President to Reduce Medicare Premium Hike
According to Bloomberg News, “Sen. Bernie Sanders is asking the White House to cut back a big Medicare premium hike set to take effect in weeks and tied to a pricey Alzheimer's drug whose benefits have been widely questi ...
Cuts in Medicare Payments to Providers to be Voted on
The House of Representatives may take up legislation this week that would prevent billions of dollars in cuts to Medicare payments to health care providers. Those cuts will take place next year unless Congress votes to s ...
Lowering Drug Prices Still Waits for Action in Senate
Now that the government will be open for a while, the Senate still has major issues to deal with and very little time to do it. However, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has said in a letter to other Senator ...
Congress Punts Once Again
Late last week Congress dealt with funding the federal government for fiscal year 2022, which began last October 1, in the way we have been predicting: they punted. They managed to agree on a bill to keep funding the ...
Update for Week Ending December 4, 2021
Congress Punts Once Again Late last week Congress dealt with funding the federal government for fiscal year 2022, which began last October 1, in the way we have been predicting: they punted. They managed to agree ...