There are several bipartisan bills in Congress that would mandate increased transparency requirements for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in addition to potentially banning spread pricing and PBM-retained rebates.Last, CMS has announced the first ten drugs covered under Medicare Part D selected for ...
As the senators left on their holiday break, a lot of work lies ahead of them in the New Year. The House and Senate Bills have to be reconciled, and the result will not please everyone, either those who favored reform or those who opposed it.But it is a historically noteworthy moment....
More than 6 months have passed since President Clinton presented his healthcare reform plan to Congress. Since then, Sen Phil Gramm (R, Texas) and several others have introduced healthcare reform bills. Will Congress eventually pass a bill on healthcare reform? What should physicians expect? We...
and as the five versions of healthcare reform bills in Congress start to get mashed together over the next few weeks…there will be many more distractions planted and emotional buttons pushed. They, too, shall pass. And I believe that, in the end, so too, shall some vers...
MD (R-Ind.) has 117 cosponsors; it also would provide grants for training hospital staff on violence prevention measures and for buying equipment such as video cameras and metal detectors. Both bills are in the early stages and haven't yet been considered by any House or Senate committees....
Uno Health wants to make it easier for individuals to access programs like Medicare, Medicaid and SNAP to reduce costly bills. By Noah TongDec 18, 2024 05:28pm Finance CMS: Health spending grew by 7.5% in 2023 Healthcare spending reached nearly $5 trillion in 2023, growing by 7.5% from...
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Thus, poverty alleviation via healthcare has become a primary focus of China's fight against poverty. For seven decades, improving healthcare has been leadership's relentless pursuit, especially after the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012. Almost 90 percent of the medical bills of needy patients...
Care, his massive government takeover of healthcare. “If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it,” Obama said. That was a lie. Now President Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) want to expand that lie through their $3.5 trillion federal spending blowout pending in Congress....
I am the first and only pediatrician in Congress and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was 16 years old. Both as a patient and a community pediatrician for nearly 20 years, I know how important it is to make health care, along with other everyday costs, more affordable for ...