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Biden Pushes Expansion of Drug Pricing, Insurance Coverage Plans

WebPresident Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request seeks to raise the Department of Health and Human Services’ discretionary spending to $133.8 billion, a …

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Tight Deadlines, Dysfunction Threaten 2024 Health Care Agenda

WebThe House was able to pass a slate of health bills late last year: a reauthorization of key federal addiction programs (H.R. 4531), legislation meant to …

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Medicare Pay Increase for Physicians Part of Spending Deal (1)

WebA spending deal released Sunday would partially offset a cut to physicians’ Medicare pay that took effect in January and boost funding for community health …

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Biden’s Proposed Medical Research Head Nears Senate Confirmation

WebMonica Bertagnolli testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing to be the next Director of the National …

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WebConnecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and …

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Medicare Cuts Will Worsen Health Care Crisis, Physicians Warn

WebTOWSON, MD- JUNE 15: A hallway in the emergency department at Greater Baltimore Medical Center is seen on Wednesday June 15, 2022 in Towson, MD.

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House Passes Ban for PBMs, Medicare Hospital Drug Payment Cuts

WebMedicare would pay hospitals less for certain drugs and pharmaceutical industry middlemen would be prohibited from spread pricing under landmark health …

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Sanders Strikes $17 Billion Deal For Government Health Centers

WebSen. Bernie Sanders struck a deal with a Republican senator to inject billions of new dollars into federal programs to expand access to primary care in the US, but the package still faces questions about how it’ll be paid for.

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NY Budget Deadline Set for Extension Over Housing Negotiations

WebNew York lawmakers will extend state budget negotiations beyond an April 1 deadline as issues such as housing, education, and health care remain barriers to …

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Lobbying Firm Mergers Trigger Name Changes, New Businesses

WebIn June 2023, the firm changed its name to Impact Health Policy Partners as it brought on board a new chief executive, Yvette Fontenot, with Wynne continuing as …

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House Passes Ban on Pricing Metrics in Federal Health Programs

WebReporter. Medicaid and other federal health programs would be prohibited from using quality-adjusted life years and similar metrics under legislation the House …

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Sanders Building Coalition for $26 Billion Workforce Package (1)

WebLegislation to inject tens of billions of dollars into training new doctors and expanding primary care across the US was approved by the Senate Committee on …

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New CDC Director Seeks to Turn the Page on Past Agency Mistakes

WebThis year’s winter cold and flu season offers the nation’s premier public health agency the chance to regain the public’s trust, the new head of the Centers for …

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Bills Targeting Pharmacy Benefit Managers Move Forward in House

WebBills to stop pharmaceutical middlemen from profiting off the size of the discounts they get from drugmakers and increase access to more affordable generic …

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Senate Finance Leaders Want Medicare to Combat Drug Shortages

WebMedicare would create a program to offer bonus payments to hospitals and doctors that enter into long-term contracts with makers of certain generic medicines …

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Biden Agency Rules Must Consider Income Levels, Child Health (1)

WebThe Biden administration directed agency policymakers on Thursday to more heavily weigh how their economic regulations will help or hurt worker safety, children’s …

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Curbs for Private Equity Health-Care Deals Advance in California

WebPrivate equity firms and hedge funds would face greater scrutiny in buying California health-care facilities under a measure approved by a key legislative committee …

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DOJ to Decide If Boeing Breached Prosecution Deal by May 28

WebThe US Justice Department plans to decide by May 28 whether Boeing Co. violated a deal the company struck to dodge a criminal charge related to the crashes of …

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California Health-Care Minimum Wage Bump Faces Fiscal Shortfall

WebApril 19, 2024, 9:30 AM UTC. California Health-Care Minimum Wage Bump Faces Fiscal Shortfall. By Andrew Oxford. Andrew Oxford. Reporter. Law’s author argues for …

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California’s New Mental Health Court Starting Off Slow (Podcast)

WebOn this episode of our podcast, On The Merits, Bloomberg Law reporter Maia Spoto talks about why California’s CARE Courts have had such an underwhelming start. …

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Covid Resurgence Sparks Calls for Health Data, Workforce Funding

WebPublic health officials are calling for new funding to modernize health data systems and rebuild the public health workforce, yet lawmakers have little interest in …

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Ohio Abortion Measure Tests Impact of ‘Unborn Child’ on Ballot

WebThe ballots use a summary—approved by the Republican-controlled Ohio Ballot Board, led by Secretary of State and US Senate candidate Frank LaRose (R)—that repeats “unborn child” four times. That phrase doesn’t appear at all in the proposed constitutional language. “The framing of Issue 1 will be critical to its outcome,” said …

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