Tag: prescription drugs
This Week’s Dose: It was a relatively quiet week in Washington with the House of Representatives in recess and the Senate enmeshed in the impeachment trial. Activity is sure to pick up as soo...
A House Vote on Prescription Drug Pricing Reforms Slips as We Approach a One Week Recess in the House. House Vote on Prescription Drug Pricing Slips. The House was moving lightning fast to advance H.R....
Administrator Verma is testifying, and the debate on prescription drug pricing reforms continues. CMS Administrator Seema Verma Is In the Hot Seat. Administrator Verma will be testifying before the H...
Congress is back for a six week stretch. What Will Congress Get Done in the Next Six Weeks? The next six weeks are critical for moving healthcare legislation and funding the government. The Senate is in sess...
Congress is out on a two recess, but the effects of the impeachment inquiry will have long lasting impacts. What Does the Impeachment Inquiry Mean For Health Care? Last week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi...
This Week’s Dose: Speaker Pelosi’s announcement of an impeachment inquiry dominated the news this week, but what does that mean for health care policy?
Congress has one last week in session before a two-week recess.
This Means It Will Be a Busy Week. The first order of business is for the Senate to pass the short-term continuing resolution (CR) that the House ...
This Week’s Dose: Speaker Pelosi released her long-awaited drug pricing bill, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee questioned drug companies’ financial motivations during a hearing t...
The Government Funding Deadline is Quickly Approaching…
Congress Has Two Weeks to Address Government Funding. Last week, we expected that the Senate Appropriations Committee would mark up of four fiscal year ...
This Week’s Dose: The House and Senate are back in session with two weeks to go until the government funding deadline and lots to do.
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They’re Back….
Congress Is Back in Session. The first thing on Congress’ to-do list is to address government funding. With only three weeks to fund the government before a potential shutdown, Congress n...
Welcome to September!
What Does The Rest of the Year Have in Store for us? Prior to the August recess, there was significant movement in Congress to advance health care proposals. As a reminder, the proposals...
One chamber down. One to go before the August recess.
What Will the Senate Do During Its Last Week in Session? It is likely the Senate will focus on issues outside of health care this week, so the health care community c...
This Week’s Dose: The Senate Finance Committee finally released its drug pricing package and moved quickly to a markup. The bill passed out of committee, but work will continue before the ful...
They’re back…and heading into the final weeks before the August recess.
What Can Get Done? That’s the key question as we enter into the next four weeks. Congress has been very busy leading up to this stretch, and what gets...
This Week’s Dose: Three weeks down, one week to go in this work period. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee is moving forward with its cost containment legislati...
We are half way through this four week work stretch…
And the conversations continue to point to prescription drug pricing. Last week was a busy week on prescription drug pr...
Where are we on prescription drug pricing reforms?
There has been a lot of congressional activity on prescription drug pricing. Since the beginning of the 116th Co...
This Week’s Dose: Lots of activity surrounding single-payer this week with a hearing, the introduction of two Medicare expansion bills and a report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)....
This Week’s Dose: Drug pricing continues to be the focus in Congress with multiple hearings and markups on the subject. So far, lowering drug prices remains a rare area of consensus among law...
This Week’s Dose: Health care continues to dominate much of the attention on Capitol Hill. Lots of hearings. New coverage expansion legislation. And more state action on Medicaid.
This Week’s Dose: Congress is back and busy. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) dominates the headlines.
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Democrats Release H...
This Week’s Diagnosis: Recess usually means a light week. This one is no different.
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PBMs Will Get Their Day…Just a We...
This Week’s Diagnosis: Congress gets busy. Pharmaceutical CEOs testify and emerge unscathed. The Administration is quiet.
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