In addition to general prescription drug legislation, the Democrats have indicated they will be working on a new bill to limit insulin costs to $35 per month. Americans who need insulin pay 10 times more than people i ...
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Effort to Lower Prescription Drug Prices Still Alive
According to the Washington Post, “Democrats are trying to breathe new life into their drug pricing efforts …. “The influential Senate Finance Committee is eyeing holding a hearing on the cost of medicines as Democrat ...
Improving Nursing Home Care
The need for improved nursing home care has been discussed for a long time. It is not hard to find individuals who are not happy with the care an elderly loved one received in a nursing home. And yet, nursing home care i ...
State of the Union Speech and Health Care
In his State of the Union speech last week President Biden, understandably, spent a great deal of time on foreign policy, and specifically Ukraine, but he also emphasized a number of key health care issues that need to b ...
Covid May be Down, but It’s Still Here
As covid restrictions are being lifted most of us are breathing a sigh of relief with the prospect that we can soon get back to “normal,” whatever that new normal may look like. However, we need to keep in mind that covi ...
Senate Working on Bill to Lower Insulin Cost
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has announced that legislation to lower the cost of insulin will be a priority in that chamber in the next few weeks. The bill under consideration would cap consumers’ out ...
Congress Saves the Postal Service but Shifts Costs to Medicare
Recently we reported that the House of Representatives had passed a bill that would go a long way toward keeping the U.S. Postal Service solvent and in business. They did that by shifting the Postal Service retiree medic ...
What’s Next for Drug Price Reduction?
As we reported last week, President Biden is still pushing Congress to pass legislation to lower drug prices and members of his staff are working on developing legislation that might gain enough support to pass the Senat ...
New Survey Shows Concerns About U.S. Drug Supply Chain
A survey conducted by US Pharmacopeia (USP) has revealed that seven of 10 US physicians say that the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened drug supply chain problems, limiting their ability to provide quality patient care. ...
Government Will Stay Open – for Now
As we reported last week, Congress needed to act by last Friday in order to stop the government from shutting down. Thankfully, they managed to do that. After they passed another CR – a continuing resolution - they no ...
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