Congress Faces Crush of “Must-Do” Legislation with Time Running Out Congress was formally in recess last week although committee work continued. But they are back in session this week and they face a daunting task as ...
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Medicare Part B Premium Jumps 14.5% Biggest Increase Since 2016
Washington, DC) – A 14.5 percent jump in the Medicare Part B premiums for 2022 spells trouble ahead for beneficiaries wondering where the money will come from to pay all the bills, warns The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) ...
Medicare Reimbursements to Certain Doctors to be Cut
During the Covid-19 pandemic Medicare increased payments to certain specialty doctors, including cardiologists and radiation oncologists, by 3.75 percent. That pay increase is set to expire in 2022 and Medicare has deci ...
Hearing Makes it, but Dental and Vision are out
TSCL had been hoping that Medicare coverage for hearing, dental and vision services would be included in the new legislation but the agreement reached last week includes only hearing services. According to Kaiser Heal ...
Drug Companies Fought Against any Legislation that would Force Drug Prices Lower
We are at a strange point in our society where on the one hand, drug companies are heroes for the way they developed vaccines against Covid-19 so quickly – vaccines that have saved many lives and allowed us to think abou ...
New Prescription Drug Price Reduction Agreed On
Last week the Democratic majorities in Congress reached an agreement on new measures to begin reducing prescription drug prices. These are not as far-reaching as those proposed previously but they still are major steps ...
Weekly Update for Weekend Ending October 6, 2021
New Prescription Drug Price Reduction Agreed on Last week the Democratic majorities in Congress reached an agreement on new measures to begin reducing prescription drug prices. These are not as far-reaching as those ...
Date for Vote on Health Care Legislation Still Uncertain
As we have been reporting, the changes in Medicare will be part of an overall infrastructure bill that President Biden has proposed and that both the House and the Senate have been working on for weeks. The uncertaint ...
Democrats Still Working on Prescription Drug Pricing
We had also hoped that by this time we could give you information about what’s in the legislation that’s been passed in Congress concerning reducing drug prices. But we can’t do that because nothing’s been passed yet. ...
Social Security 2100 bill Reintroduced
Last week Congressman John Larson (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced a revised version of the Social Security 2100 bill. The bill has nearly 200 c ...
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