The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering the use of a rarely used anti-price discrimination law to potentially crack down on dominant companies’ unfair use of market power. The Federal Trade Commission is rampin ...
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Insulin Costs Not Included in New Bill
One of the goals of many members of Congress has been to lower the cost of insulin. However, the latest bill to lower prescription drug prices removes a provision to cap patients’ insulin costs at $35 per month. That ...
Social Security Solvency
Extending the solvency of Social Security, along with lower prescription drug prices, has been at the top of TSCL’s agenda for several years so we are pleased the Senate is addressing those issues in this bill. The wa ...
New Senate Bill would Lower Drug Prices – Extend Social Security
Last week we told you that Senate Democrats have revealed they will make one last try to pass a bill to lower prescription drug costs before Congress goes on its annual August recess. That effort starts this week when bo ...
Week Ending July 9, 2022
New Senate Bill would Lower Drug Prices – Extend Social Security Last week we told you that Senate Democrats have revealed they will make one last try to pass a bill to lower prescription drug costs before Congress g ...
New Health Care Cost Transparency Rule Now in Effect
Last week a new federal rule that is supposed to give a clearer picture of what insurers and employers pay for health care went into effect. However, there are doubts about how successful it will prove to be. Patients ...
One More Try for Prescription Drug Legislation in the Senate
Congress is in the middle of its annual July 4th recess but before they left for home last week it was revealed that Senate Democrats are putting together a last-minute plan that would let Medicare negotiate prices direc ...
TSCL Endorses New Legislation to Protect Seniors from Misleading Drug Ads
A new bill was just introduced into the House of Representatives that would protect seniors, prevent drug manufacturers from obscuring dangerous side effects of their prescription drugs in their advertisements, and help ...
Update for Week Ending July 2, 2022
TSCL Endorses New Legislation to Protect Seniors from Misleading Drug Ads A new bill was just introduced into the House of Representatives that would protect seniors, prevent drug manufacturers from obscuring dangerou ...
TSCL Works With Congressional Office to Pass Social Security Fairness Act
At the request of Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger's (D-Va.) office, TSCL is working to gain more Congressional support for H.R. 82, The Social Security Fairness Act. TSCL strongly endorses this legislation. We are ...