by Jordana Choucair | Jul 26, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The Biden Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will restore health care nondiscrimination rules on gender identity and sexual orientation. The regulations will reinstate Affordable Care Act (ACA) nondiscrimination...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 26, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
The House Education and Labor Committee will markup a bill Wednesday intended to feed more children in communities with high poverty rates. The bill would reauthorize a child nutrition program that expired in 2015 and lower the criteria for a school or school district...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 26, 2022 | Life Sciences
A federal appeals court in New York upheld a lower-court ruling against Pfizer Inc. that said the drugmaker’s Direct Copay Assistance Program violated an anti-kickback law. The federal government had argued that Pfizer’s financial support for reimbursable...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 26, 2022 | Payers
A federal district court judge today will hear a case examining the constitutionality of an ACA provision that requires insurers to cover preventive services such as cancer screenings, immunizations, and contraception. If Judge Reed O’Connor sides with the plaintiffs,...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 26, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The White House is planning to name a national monkeypox coordinator and will decide this week if the administration will declare the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. According to people familiar with the plans, the coordinator will have expertise in...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 25, 2022 | D.C. News
The Senate parliamentarian will decide this week if the Senate’s reconciliation legislation complies with reconciliation rules. Her ruling will not only dictate what prescription drug components can move forward, but also how much money Democrats can spend. If the...
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