Last Friday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the average basic monthly premium for standard Medicare Part D coverage is projected to be approximately $31.50 in 2023. This expected amo ...

A bill has been introduced in the Senate by Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) that would, among other things, change the formula that Social Security would use to determine the annual COLA. The formula would use a formula ...

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-N.Y.) announced they had reached agreement on legislation that ...

The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week on a bill that would allow Medicare to continue to offer telehealth services, which were originally permitted during the Covid-19 public health emergency, throu ...

Reporting on legislation to lower prescription drug prices has been like riding a seesaw. One week, things look good and the next week it all falls apart. The latest news is that Senate Democrats seem to finally have ...

This week is the final week the House of Representatives will be in session before the annual August congressional recess. The Senate is scheduled to stay in Washington one week longer. This annual occurrence is a con ...

H.R. 82, The Social Security Fairness Act, has finally reached the magic number of over 290 co-sponsors. The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), if passed into law, would eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision ...

Last week we also reported on a bi-partisan bill in the Senate that would lower the cost of insulin and cap the out-of-pocket cost to diabetes patients at $35 a month. Because it was developed by Senators Jeanne Shaheen  ...

For the past few weeks, we have been reporting that the Democratic majority in the Senate was going to try to pass a bill to lower prescription drug costs before Congress goes on its annual August recess. We said that ...