The summer season is upon us, and we are heading quickly to the end of the federal government’s fiscal year, September 30th. That’s the date funding for the government for FY2024 runs out, and Congress is supposed to hav ...
Daily Archives: June 5, 2024
HHS Delivers Strategic Framework for National Plan on Aging
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through its Administration for Community Living, has released “Aging in the United States: A Strategic Framework for a National Plan on Aging.” The report lays the ground ...
President and Congress Search for Ways to Better Protect American’s Health Information
Last February, it was discovered that Change Healthcare had been the victim of a cyberattack and that up to a third of Americans had their private health information exposed. While the full extent of the hack has yet to ...
Lawmakers Urge Government to Finalize Rules to Boost Competition and Lower Drug Prices
In what could be another weapon in the battle against high drug prices, two Democratic lawmakers, one in the Senate and one in the House, have sent a letter urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to finalize rules that c ...
House of Representatives Holds Hearing on Future of Social Security
The Social Security Board of Trustees released its annual report on the financial status of the Social Security programs in May. Both the Trustees and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) project that Social Security ...
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