by Jordana Choucair | Sep 15, 2021 | Life Sciences
The U.S. government plans to more directly control where COVID-19 antibody treatments are sent amid a surge in infections and hospitalizations in states with large pockets of unvaccinated people. The Biden administration bought 1.4 million additional doses of...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 15, 2021 | Access & Coverage
The Census Bureau reported that the poverty rate in the United States fell to 9.1 percent, a record low, last year while the uninsured rate held steady at 8.6 percent. However, there are important caveats with both figures. First, the poverty figure is based on a...
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 14, 2021 | Payers
The CMS is proposing to pull a Trump era regulation that would have required Medicare to pay for any “breakthrough” (i.e., new technologies that attempt to improve care for people with life-threatening conditions) medical device. After receiving public feedback,...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 14, 2021 | Providers
A study published in Health Affairs found that the majority of high-price hospitals are active in markets that meet federal definitions of low or moderate concentration. The researchers found that more than a quarter of all hospitals they deemed to be charging high...
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...
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