by Jordana Choucair | Nov 2, 2021 | D.C. News
The Biden administration will publish details on COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses in the coming days. The mandate will require companies to develop and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy unless they create a plan that gives workers the option to...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 1, 2021 | D.C. News
Congressional Democrats are hoping to strike a deal as soon as today on adding prescription drug pricing measures to their social spending bill. The latest draft would allow Medicare to negotiate some drug prices and include a redesign of Medicare Part D and rebates,...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 29, 2021 | D.C. News
The White House released a new framework outlining what will be in a $1.75 trillion spending package. The framework would extend enhanced ACA through 2025 and make ACA subsidies available to people in the Medicaid coverage gap in states that have chosen not to expand....
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 29, 2021 | D.C. News
Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone and Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden both told reporters that drug prices are still being discussed. According to Wyden, there is agreement on two pieces of the proposal – a rebate when drugmakers raise prices faster than...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 29, 2021 | D.C. News
The Senate confirmed former West Virginia health official Dr. Rahul Gupta to serve as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, making him the first physician in the drug czar role. He’ll be tasked with managing the country’s opioid crisis...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 29, 2021 | D.C. News
The Department of Health and Human Services proposed nixing a Trump-era “sunset rule” that would have given the agency five years to review all of its previous regulations. Any rule that didn’t get reviewed within five years would be pulled. The rule also...
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