by Jordana Choucair | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson yesterday. The vote was 53-47, with Republican Senators Susan Collins, Mitt Romney, and Lisa Murkowski joining Democrats to vote in favor. Jackson will be sworn in after...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 8, 2022 | Payers
Medicare will cover the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm only for clinical trials, despite the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approving the drug for some 1.5 million people. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said the...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 8, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
A new study found that life expectancy in the U.S. took another hit in 2021, furthering a dramatic decline from 2020 that was the largest since World War II. The study, which has not been peer-reviewed, found that after falling nearly 1.9 years in 2020, life...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 7, 2022 | D.C. News
President Biden signed into law a sweeping U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reform bill that will overhaul the agency’s finances and allow it to modernize its service. The new law will require retired postal employees to enroll in Medicare when eligible and repeals a...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 7, 2022 | D.C. News
The Senate is expected to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court today. Jackson, who appears set to receive bipartisan support, will be the first former public defender and the first Black woman to sit on the court. She will replace Justice...
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