Last week Rep. Tim Walburg (R- Mich.) introduced a bill, H.R.2266, that would amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum annual cost-of-living increase for Social Security benefits. No further ...

We have been reporting recently that unless Congress passes new legislation soon there will be significant cuts in Medicare payments to health care providers, such as doctors and hospitals.  If that happens it is quite p ...

Last year the House of Representatives passed major legislation to lower drug prices that included giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) the authority to negotiate for lower drug prices with drug compan ...

At the end of 2020, Congress passed the federal “No Surprises Act” as part of the end-of-the-year coronavirus relief legislation. The legislation bars surprise billing for out-of-network emergency care as well as out-of- ...

Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 23, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee’s Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee is scheduled to hold a hearing on drug prices.  The hearing is titled, “Why D ...

The Senate has passed two measures that, while rather technical in nature, deal the prices of prescription drugs. One of the bills (S.415) would help lower drug costs by boosting competition and closing loopholes that ...

Passage of legislation in Congress is more complicated than most people realize.  The Constitution allows each chamber of Congress to set its own rules for getting it done. Because the House of Representatives has 435 ...