by Jordana Choucair | Sep 20, 2021 | D.C. News
A group of Senate Democrats is looking at expanding a plan to penalize pharmaceutical companies that raise drug prices above the rate of inflation as part of the government spending package. Lawmakers are still crafting the bill and the details could change, but if...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 16, 2021 | D.C. News
Three moderate Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee voted against a measure to let Medicare negotiate the price of some drugs, sinking the party’s signature drug pricing bill. The House Ways & Means (W&M) Committee later passed the...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 14, 2021 | D.C. News
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee outlined numerous tax hikes to fund the $3.5 trillion budget bill. The plan calls for a corporate tax rate of 26.5 percent – 1.5 percent higher than what Senator Joe Manchin favors – and restores the top individual tax...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 13, 2021 | D.C. News
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced its proposal for the $3.5 trillion budget bill. The legislation would make permanent enhanced ACA subsidies that give people greater help in affording their premiums and expand Medicare to cover dental (in 2028), hearing (in...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 10, 2021 | D.C. News
President Biden ordered sweeping vaccine mandates for around 100 million federal employees, health care workers, and many other private-sector workers in an attempt to contain the surging COVID-19 pandemic. The plan directs the Department of Labor’s Occupational...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 9, 2021 | D.C. News
The White House plans to release a prescription drug pricing plan today that backs proposals from Democratic lawmakers and outlines a strategy for administrative action for the first time. The plan broadly supports allowing the federal government to negotiate drug...
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