by Jordana Choucair | May 4, 2022 | Payers
A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that rural residents were the most likely to benefit from enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage and face the greatest danger of losing coverage if those benefits expire after this year. The...
by Jordana Choucair | May 3, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the state’s plan to expand Medicaid coverage for new mothers for up to a year postpartum. The program expansion is budgeted for an...
by Jordana Choucair | May 3, 2022 | D.C. News
The Supreme Court plans to strike down Roe v. Wade, according to an early draft majority opinion obtained yesterday by Politico. The opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, states the 1973 ruling “was egregiously wrong from the start.” The high...
by Jordana Choucair | May 3, 2022 | D.C. News
A new Republican plan to lower drug costs abandons direct government negotiations and other signature policies from the Trump years. The plan would create an out-of-pocket cap on drug spending for seniors and people with disabilities, ensure patients pay the same rate...
by Jordana Choucair | May 3, 2022 | Life Sciences
Pfizer Inc. said it expects its COVID-19 antiviral pill to bring in $22 billion in sales this year, while the vaccine it developed with BioNTech SE should bring in $32 billion, the first time the drugmaker has kept those sales forecasts level as demand begins to wane....
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