Many Americans, including many seniors, receive their prescription medications through the mail. That is why it’s good news that legislation to overhaul the Postal Service’s finances and operations passed through the Hou ...
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Medicare Users to get Free Covid Test Kits
The Biden administration recently announced that people with Medicare will be able to obtain up to eight over-the-counter Covid-19 tests a month for free starting in early spring. Under the plan, Medicare will directl ...
Biden Pushes for Drug Cost Reduction
Last week President Biden made an attempt to restart efforts to reduce prescription drug prices. In a trip to Culpepper, Va., Biden said, “The idea you can charge whatever you want is just not going to happen in the Unit ...
Congress Still Working to Stop Government Shutdown
It does not get covered much in the news, but Congress still has not been able to pass the legislation needed to fund the government through the rest of the 2022 fiscal year. Instead, they have passed two “CRs” (conti ...
Update for Week Ending February 12, 2022
Congress Still Working to Stop Government Shutdown It does not get covered much in the news, but Congress still has not been able to pass the legislation needed to fund the government through the rest of the 2022 fisc ...
Drug Prices Go Up Again
According to Rx Savings Solutions, drugmakers raised list prices by an average of 6.6% in the first few weeks of this year on cancer, diabetes, and other prescription medicines. These increases are considered to be more ...
Hearing on Medicare Funding
A subcommittee of the Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing this week on the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Future of Medicare Financing. That’s good news! One of TSCL’s concerns is for the long-term hea ...
Drug Pricing Legislation Still in the Mix
As we have recently reported, there is still hope that Congress will be able to pass legislation that will have in it a provision to lower the costs of prescription drugs. However, it is the Democratic majority in the Se ...
Supreme Court Vacancy Shuffles Senate Schedule
Congress is back in session this week after being out of session last week. They already had their hands full with the amount of work they need to do and the announcement of the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephe ...
Update for Week Ending January 29, 2022
Supreme Court Vacancy Shuffles Senate Schedule Congress is back in session this week after being out of session last week. They already had their hands full with the amount of work they need to do and the announcement ...