Last week the CDC announced that the COVID-19 pandemic pushed total U.S. deaths in 2020 beyond 3.3 million, the nation’s highest annual death toll. The coronavirus caused approximately 375,000 deaths and was the third ...
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Health Care Coverage Reminder for Travelers with Medicare
Travelers should always check to make sure they will be covered for any health care they may need when taking a trip. That is especially true when going overseas, but it is also important within the U.S. If you do de ...
Fully Vaccinated? Anxious to start traveling again? Here’s important news for you.
Congress is out of session until April 12, but we have important news regarding updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for those who want to travel. Federal authorities have announced that fully v ...
More Harmful Chemicals Found in Some Hand Sanitizers
Last year Americans were told that one of the ways to prevent being infected with Covid-19 is to wash hands frequently and for at least 20 seconds, and if that was not possible, use hand sanitizer. That resulted in a ru ...
New Social Security COLA Legislation Introduced
Last week Rep. Tim Walburg (R- Mich.) introduced a bill, H.R.2266, that would amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum annual cost-of-living increase for Social Security benefits. No further ...
Legislation to Stop Medicare Cuts Passes in Senate
We have been reporting recently that unless Congress passes new legislation soon there will be significant cuts in Medicare payments to health care providers, such as doctors and hospitals. If that happens it is quite p ...
Big Effort to Lower Drug Prices Once Again in Congress
Last year the House of Representatives passed major legislation to lower drug prices that included giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) the authority to negotiate for lower drug prices with drug compan ...
Surprise Billing Issues Still Not Settled
At the end of 2020, Congress passed the federal “No Surprises Act” as part of the end-of-the-year coronavirus relief legislation. The legislation bars surprise billing for out-of-network emergency care as well as out-of- ...
Senate to Hold Hearings on Drug Prices
Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 23, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee’s Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee is scheduled to hold a hearing on drug prices. The hearing is titled, “Why D ...
Drug Pricing Bills Pass Senate – Now House Must Pass
The Senate has passed two measures that, while rather technical in nature, deal the prices of prescription drugs. One of the bills (S.415) would help lower drug costs by boosting competition and closing loopholes that ...