by Jordana Choucair | May 4, 2022 | D.C. News
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the chamber will soon vote to codify abortion rights into federal law even though he hasn’t secured enough votes to pass the measure. The Women’s Health Protection Act passed the House but has faced opposition from two...
by Jordana Choucair | May 4, 2022 | Life Sciences
Biogen Inc. will effectively end marketing for its controversial Alzheimer’s disease drug Aduhelm after sales reached $2.8 million in the first quarter, just 0.1 percent of its product sales. Chief Executive Michel Vounatsos will also leave Biogen as the company...
by Jordana Choucair | May 4, 2022 | Life Sciences
A trio of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials said that “a new normal” may include an annual COVID-19 vaccine alongside a seasonal flu shot. “[Covid-19] will likely circulate globally for the foreseeable future, taking its place alongside other...
by Jordana Choucair | May 4, 2022 | Payers
A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that rural residents were the most likely to benefit from enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage and face the greatest danger of losing coverage if those benefits expire after this year. The...
by Jordana Choucair | May 3, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the state’s plan to expand Medicaid coverage for new mothers for up to a year postpartum. The program expansion is budgeted for an...
by Jordana Choucair | May 3, 2022 | D.C. News
The Supreme Court plans to strike down Roe v. Wade, according to an early draft majority opinion obtained yesterday by Politico. The opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, states the 1973 ruling “was egregiously wrong from the start.” The high...
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