Pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck has filed a lawsuit against the federal government in an effort to stop Medicare drug price negotiations before they even begin.
The company filed its lawsuit on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C., and said that the drug price negotiation program would necessarily violate the company's...
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced its timeline for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, a key point of legislation in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
In a press call, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said that the department will...
Last Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced a reconciliation package that includes drug pricing reforms, a three-year extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits enacted under the American Rescue Plan (ARP), in addition to deficit reduction and investments in climate and energy security. Senator Joe...National News
After months of negotiations, the Build Back Better Act is taking form as a bill that appeases the concerns of most Congressional Democrats, including holdouts like Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Joe Manchin (D-WV). The bill will now include a number of healthcare-related solutions and improvements to public health insurance programs...