One of the issues high on TSCL’s agenda this year was putting an end to the practice of “surprise billing.” Surprise billing is when patients incur “surprise” medical bills when they unexpectedly receive out-of-networ ...
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Congress Finally Gets its Job Done
The flurry of activity in Congress has shared the top of the news this week with the continuing Covid-19 crisis and the beginning of the vaccine distribution program. We try not to repeat news here that is available to ...
Congress Passes Defense Bill but President Trump says He Will Veto
Another major piece of legislation that Congress is working on, one which has been passed and been signed into law by whomever has been President for the past 59 years, is the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). ...
Update No. 2 on Discount Drug Card
In one of our recent updates we said we hadn’t heard anything new about the $200 drug discount card for seniors that President Trump had announced in September. The program ran into obstacles because of a number of issu ...
Surprise! – Effort to End Surprise Billing Still Alive
In last week’s update we told you about the pending retirement of Senator Lamar Alexander (R- Tenn.), who has been a champion of legislation to end surprise medical billing. We feared the effort to end the practice woul ...
Congress Still Working to Avoid Government Shutdown
If it weren’t for the coronavirus and the start of the vaccination program against it the top news story would probably be the fact that Congress still can’t reach a final agreement to keep the government from shutting d ...
Fight to End Surprise Billing is Losing Key Ally
One of TSCL’s goals this year was to end “surprise billing” – the situation that happens when some types of medical providers, including anesthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists, and labs may not be contracted with ...
Canada Bans Sending Drugs to U.S.
We reported earlier this year that President Trump issued executive orders to lower prescription drug prices under Medicare by linking them to rates paid in other countries and allowing Americans to buy medication import ...
Food and Drug Administration Issues Vaccine Fraud Alert
Because COVID-19 has never been seen in humans before, there are currently no vaccines to prevent COVID-19 approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA recently approved the first treatment for COVID- ...
Congress Still Can’t Get Its Work Done
Congress has until the end of this Friday to pass legislation to fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2021. Very few people think they’ll get it done. There are reports that the Senate is now ...
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