Last week we reported that Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, was going to hold a hybrid hearing to examine the pricing and business practices of AbbVie Inc., which ...
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Sanders Hopes to Fix Doctor Shortage
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), has announced that he will seek legislation to increase the number of doctors being trained in the U.S. Sanders, who is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Securi ...
President Will Not Propose Lowering Drug Prices in His Budget
When he ran for President last year Joe Biden made fixing health care, including Medicare and Medicaid, part of his campaign. Since becoming President, he has called on Congress to approve a plan to allow Medicare to lo ...
Hearing for pricing of Anti-inflammatory Drug Humira and Cancer Drug Imbruvica
On Tuesday of this week Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, will hold a hybrid hearing to examine the pricing and business practices of AbbVie Inc., which sells the anti-infl ...
Drug Price Legislation Facing a Surprise Problem
Last week Politico.com reported that major legislation meant to lower prescription drug prices has run into unexpected trouble in the House of Representatives. It was always expected that few if any Republicans in the ...
Congress Considers Medicare Advantage Pre-Approval Legislation
According to a report from Modern Healthcare, Congress is considering changes to Medicare Advantage that would “crack down on prior authorization tactics insurers use to rein in healthcare costs but can affect how provid ...
2021 Loss of Buying Power Study
Loss of Buying Power Study ...
Biden Plan Leaves out Drug Price Reductions
One of the disappointments in President Biden’s new social safety-net proposal, called the American Families Plan, was that it didn’t contain any mention of reining in the price of prescription drugs. The American Fam ...
Legislation Would Allow Some Medicare Services to be Given at Pharmacies
There has also been new bi-partisan legislation introduced that would permit certain basic medical services to be given by pharmacies. Representatives G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) and Representative David McKinley (R-W.V ...
New Bills Regarding Medicare/Social Security Benefits Introduced in Congress
The following legislation of interest to TSCL and our supporters has been introduced recently in Congress. Unfortunately, there is no additional information available regarding the contents of the bills other than what ...