by Jordana Choucair | Oct 28, 2021 | D.C. News
Senate negotiators are nearing an agreement on a framework for a $2 trillion budget reconciliation package. However, a handful of issues – including disagreements over expanding Medicare benefits, empowering the federal government to negotiate lower drug prices, and a...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 27, 2021 | D.C. News
Democrats are uniting around a plan to offer a few years of subsidized private insurance to low-income people in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid. The move is an effort to fill the coverage gap in those states that has been a major piece of the...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 26, 2021 | D.C. News
The Biden administration said it will invest $70 million to boost the availability and lower costs of rapid, over-the-counter COVID-19 tests in the U.S. The administration plans to make more high-quality, accurate, and reliable over-the-counter tests available through...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 25, 2021 | D.C. News
Congressional Democrats are considering scaling back their prescription drug pricing plan by exempting new, expensive drugs from Medicare price negotiation. The change would be a major shift away from earlier proposals that focused mostly on drugs that don’t face any...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 22, 2021 | D.C. News
President Joe Biden said during a CNN town hall that the inclusion of expanded dental, hearing, and vision benefits through Medicare in Democrats’ social spending plan is a “reach.” The president said there have been related discussions about...
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...
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