The House of Representatives has recessed for the month of August which means members will be going back home to their districts to meet with…
As we explained last week, the parameters of whatever new health care legislation is passed by Congress this year have been laid out by the…
Last year TSCL supported legislation to stop “surprise billing,” which happened when patients were billed for medical procedures they had thought were covered by their…
Last week TSCL was contacted by the office of Rep. Al Lawson (D-Fla.), to ask if we would once again endorse his bill, the Social…
Last week the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a payment rule for 2022 that does not include pay raises for doctors, physician…
In a recent interview with Kaiser Health News, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra was asked what health care measures the Biden Administration would…
The Democratic majority in the House of Representatives has previously introduced its own legislative package that would include vision, dental and hearing coverage in Medicare. …
Last week Senate Democrats reached an agreement on a $3.5 trillion legislative package that would, among other things: Create dental, vision and hearing benefits in…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said last week that she is pushing to attach drug price cutting legislation to the major budget bill carrying most of…
In 2019 the Trump Administration issued a federal price transparency rule that took effect this year. The rule was supposed to give patients, employers and insurers a…
