Friday, April 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...

Thursday, April 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...

Thursday, April 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...

Thursday, April 7, 2022: D.C. News

Congress may punt on a $10 billion COVID-19 preparedness funding package until the end of this month due to a disagreement over immigration policy. Republican senators are demanding a vote on an amendment to the funding package that would block the administration’s...