President Will Not Propose Lowering Drug Prices in His Budget When he ran for President last year Joe Biden made fixing health care, including Medicare and Medicaid, part of his campaign. Since becoming President, he ...
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88 Percent Of Older Adults Want Medicare To Negotiate Drug Prices
(Washington, DC) – Older Americans overwhelmingly support legislation that would allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, according to a new survey by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). The online survey, w ...
Hearing for pricing of Anti-inflammatory Drug Humira and Cancer Drug Imbruvica
On Tuesday of this week Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, will hold a hybrid hearing to examine the pricing and business practices of AbbVie Inc., which sells the anti-infl ...
Drug Price Legislation Facing a Surprise Problem
Last week Politico.com reported that major legislation meant to lower prescription drug prices has run into unexpected trouble in the House of Representatives. It was always expected that few if any Republicans in the ...
Congress Considers Medicare Advantage Pre-Approval Legislation
According to a report from Modern Healthcare, Congress is considering changes to Medicare Advantage that would “crack down on prior authorization tactics insurers use to rein in healthcare costs but can affect how provid ...
Update for May 15, 2021
Congress Considers Medicare Advantage Pre-Approval Legislation According to a report from Modern Healthcare, Congress is considering changes to Medicare Advantage that would “crack down on prior authorization tactics ...
Social Security Buying Power
(Washington, DC) – An abrupt jump in inflation in February and March wiped out a temporary improvement in the buying power of Social Security benefits, according to a new study released today by The Senior Citizens Leagu ...
2021 Loss of Buying Power Study
Loss of Buying Power Study ...
Biden Plan Leaves out Drug Price Reductions
One of the disappointments in President Biden’s new social safety-net proposal, called the American Families Plan, was that it didn’t contain any mention of reining in the price of prescription drugs. The American Fam ...
Legislation Would Allow Some Medicare Services to be Given at Pharmacies
There has also been new bi-partisan legislation introduced that would permit certain basic medical services to be given by pharmacies. Representatives G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) and Representative David McKinley (R-W.V ...
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