Season Off to a Roaring Start US influenza hospitalizations are the highest they have been in the last 12 years at this point in the season, according to a new government report. More than 2,300 patients were admi ...
Category: Legislative News
Week Ending October 22, 2022
Important Reminders Medicare Open Enrollment Season We are now in Medicare open enrollment season. The 2023 season began last Saturday and runs through Dec. 7. During the annual open enrollment period, benefici ...
Week Ending October 15, 2022
The Social Security Administration has announced that the COLA will increase Social Security benefits by 8.7% starting in 2023. A COLA this high is almost unprecedented. This may be the first and the last time that to ...
Week Ending October 8, 2022
New Senate Bill Threatens Lower Drug Prices With Election Day just a month away it is a good time to restate that TSCL is a non-partisan organization. We do not pick sides between Democrats and Republicans, nor do we ...
Week Ending September 24, 2022
Congress Races to Avoid Government Shutdown This is the do-or-die week for Congress as the end of the fiscal year for the federal government arrives this Friday. Because Congress has not passed any funding legislation ...
Week Ending August 27, 2020
The Weather May Start Cooling Off but Things Will Soon be Heating up in Washington Traditionally, August has been a slow news month when it comes to news out of Washington, D.C. That is because Congress takes its trad ...
Week Ending August 20, 2022
Congress in Recess – but Much Work Remains When They Return Congress is now in recess until after Labor Day. If they are running for re-election, all members of the House of Representatives and one-third of the member ...
Week Ending August 13, 2022
House Passes Historic Legislation to Lower Drug Prices Last Friday the House of Representatives completed the last Congressional action needed to pass the historic legislation that will, finally, lower some prescripti ...
Week Ending August 6, 2022
Senate (Finally) Passes Historic Bill to Lower Seniors’ Drug Costs After over a year of negotiations and near-death experiences, the Senate has managed to pass historic legislation that could, among several other thin ...
Week Ending July 30, 2022
Senate may Vote this Week to Lower Prescription Drug Prices The drama over reducing prescription drug prices grabbed the headlines last week when Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D- ...