As a reminder, the House of Representatives has already passed two pieces of legislation that would lower prescription drug costs. The first bill is the Elijah Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R.3), which would sa ...

Last week U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) – Co-Chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus – announced their new bipartisan legislation, the Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving ...

Pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, are companies that manage prescription drug benefits on behalf of health insurers, Medicare Part D drug plans, large employers, and other payers. By negotiating with drug manufacturers ...

What we commonly think of as “health care” is not the only Issue Seniors grapple with. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), older Americans with the poorest oral health tend to be those who ...

Bloomberg Business News has reported that “Older Americans are sacrificing basic necessities to afford costly health services, according to a (Gallup) survey that shows how many elderly people cut personal expenses to ta ...

According to a report by Bloomberg News, research have found that over 47% of new drugs introduced in 2020 and 2021 cost more than $150,000 per year, compared to just 9% of new drugs from 2008 to 2013. The median intr ...

According to a new report from Kaiser Health News, “The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their payments from Medicaid on direct care for residents and ...

A Treasury Department watchdog last Friday released public service announcements cautioning the public about IRS impersonation scams. The scams rely on impersonators who either claim to be IRS employees on the phone o ...

Last week Congressman Peter DeFazio and Senator Bernie Sanders introduced joint legislation, the Social Security Expansion Act (SSEA), to strengthen and expand Social Security for current and future generations. The S ...

Whether it is a coincidence or was planned knowing the Social Security Trustee’s report would be released last week, the Senate Budget Committee will hold a hearing this Thursday on Social Security. Congressional Democra ...