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 ...
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House Committee Report: Medicare Could have Saved Billions
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 ...
Cuts in Medicare Payments to Health Care Providers are Avoided
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 ...
House Holds Hearing on Important Social Security Bill
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 ...
Update for Week Ending Dec. 11, 2021
House Holds Hearing on Important Social Security Bill 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 autho ...
If Social Security Benefits Increased as Fast as Medicare Part B Premiums, How Much Would They Be?
Washington, DC) – If the annual Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) did a better job of keeping pace with Medicare Part B premiums, benefits over the past decade would be 42 percent higher in 2022, according ...
Hearing on Prescription Drug Pricing this Week
The Oversight and Reform Committee of the House of Representatives has scheduled a hearing this week to reveal findings in the panel’s three-year investigation into pharmaceutical pricing and business practices. The hear ...
Sen. Sanders Asks President to Reduce Medicare Premium Hike
According to Bloomberg News, “Sen. Bernie Sanders is asking the White House to cut back a big Medicare premium hike set to take effect in weeks and tied to a pricey Alzheimer's drug whose benefits have been widely questi ...
Cuts in Medicare Payments to Providers to be Voted on
The House of Representatives may take up legislation this week that would prevent billions of dollars in cuts to Medicare payments to health care providers. Those cuts will take place next year unless Congress votes to s ...
Lowering Drug Prices Still Waits for Action in Senate
Now that the government will be open for a while, the Senate still has major issues to deal with and very little time to do it. However, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has said in a letter to other Senator ...