With the legislation to lower drug costs stalled in Congress and its fate uncertain, last week the Biden Administration took action that it hopes will lower drug costs for many seniors. Under a final rule issued last ...

After having come back in session after a two-week break, the House of Representatives is out of session again this week for a district work period. That means the members of the House are back in their districts meeting ...

The Biden administration is pushing for increasing federal nursing home staffing requirements. That effort has entered the important rulemaking phase, which will determine what the staffing requirements will be. But n ...

We have previously reported on the decision of Medicare to cover the cost of the very expensive and controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm only in very limited circumstances. The decision was important because the unu ...

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to update Medicare enrollment and eligibility rules that would expand coverage for people with Medicare and advance health equity. ...

Discussions have started over the possibility of importing drugs from Canada as a way of lowering drug costs. The Food and Drug Administration (FDC) has begun talking with five states about how such a program could be im ...

The Biden Administration is starting to identify the programs that will be receiving aid because of the President’s American Rescue Plan that was passed by Congress last year. There is good news for rural America on a nu ...

The importance of meeting with your Senators or Representatives when they are home was demonstrated last week at a local meeting with Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The Senator was asked by one of his constituents i ...