by Jordana Choucair | Jul 29, 2022 | Payers
The Employee Benefit Research Institute found that the growth of high-deductible health plans led to people with employer-sponsored coverage paying for a larger share, on average, of their health care costs between 2013 and 2019. The share of their medical expenses...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 29, 2022 | Providers
New York state filed a lawsuit against CVS Health Corp for allegedly forcing safety net hospitals to pay millions of dollars to access discounted prescription drugs, violating state antitrust law. According to the lawsuit, CVS forced New York safety net providers to...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 29, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
Senate Democrats are seeking $21 billion in new emergency spending on COVID-19 as well as preparedness measures for additional outbreaks, including monkeypox. The bill would appropriate $16 billion for a key Health and Human Services program to be used in the fight...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 28, 2022 | D.C. News
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin announced they reached a deal on a spending package that aims to lower health care costs, address climate change, and reduce the federal deficit. Just last week, Manchin said that he...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 28, 2022 | Life Sciences
The federal government is set to announce today the release of almost 800,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said that the doses will be released as soon as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clears them. The FDA...
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