Friday, December 17, 2021: D.C. News

President Biden acknowledged that negotiations over his Build Back Better bill are poised to drag on into 2022 despite efforts to get it done before Christmas. “It takes time to finalize these agreements, prepare the legislative changes, and finish all the...

Thursday, December 16, 2021: Payers

The CMS Office of the Actuary released a report stating that the U.S. spent $4.1 trillion on health care in 2020. The report found that S. health care spending increased 9.7 percent in 2020 – a rate that is significantly higher than the roughly 5 percent growth in...

Thursday, December 16, 2021: Life Sciences

A preliminary study found that two doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are less effective at neutralizing the omicron variant. The study, which examined the antibodies in blood samples from 30 people who had gotten two Moderna shots are, found that antibodies in...