A significant part of the large increase in the Medicare Part B premium for next year is because of the cost of the new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, which was priced at $56,000 a year. The premium increase came even thou ...

In addition to lowered prescription drug prices, the Build Back Better legislation also contains a provision that would expand Medicare coverage for hearing aids and services. Originally, it also had provisions to provid ...

This past weekend West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin announced he will not vote to pass the legislation that would lower prescription drug prices. The drug price reduction provision is part of the “Build Back B ...

A congressional advisory panel on Friday moved to recommend that Medicare payments for nursing homes, home health agencies and inpatient rehabilitation facilities be cut by 5% in 2023, citing adequate reimbursement rates ...

After a three-year investigation into how pharmaceutical companies set their prices, the House Oversight and Reform Committee released its report last week that said Medicare could have saved more than $25 billion if all ...

Also last week, we reported that the House of Representatives was expected to take up legislation to prevent billions of dollars in cuts to Medicare payments to health care providers. Those cuts would have taken place ne ...

Last week the Social Security Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the Social Security 2100 Act: A Sacred Trust. The bill was authored and introduced by Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), who is ...