by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2021 | Inequities and SDOH
The New York City Board of Health passed a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. The resolution requests that the city health department research and acknowledge “examples of its historic role in divesting and underinvesting in critical...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2021 | D.C. News
President Biden introduced a new plan to pay for parts of the $2 trillion infrastructure plan. The plan keeps the corporate tax rate at 21 percent for companies earning more than $5 million a year, rather than increasing it to 26.5 percent. The administration is also...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2021 | Access & Coverage
According to a CBO analysis, the Democrats’ infrastructure bill would expand coverage to about 3.9 million uninsured individuals. However, the CBO also estimates the bill would cause a 1-million-enrollee decrease in unsubsidized on- and off-exchange enrollment and...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 20, 2021 | D.C. News
President Biden has dictated the first cuts to trim the $3.5 trillion spending bill down to somewhere in the $1.75 trillion to $1.9 trillion range. The president told lawmakers that a program providing free community college is on the chopping block and a child tax...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
The FDA released draft guidance for creating a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids to help foster competition and bring down prices. In 2017, Congress asked the agency to explore an OTC option, but the agency missed the deadline due to the pandemic....
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