by Jordana Choucair | Apr 27, 2022 | Payers
The Kaiser Family Foundation released a new interactive providing key facts and trends about spending on Medicare. In 2020, Medicare benefit payments totaled $769 billion, representing 12 percent of the federal budget and 20 percent of national health care spending....
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 27, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data indicating that nearly 60 percent of U.S. adults and 75 percent of children under the age of 18 have antibodies that indicate prior COVID-19 coronavirus infection. According to the study, as of...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 27, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released new guidance stating that people over the age of 60 should not start taking daily, low-dose aspirin to prevent cardiovascular events like heart attacks or strokes. Low-dose aspirin had been a popular prevention measure,...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 26, 2022 | D.C. News
The White House unveiled new steps aimed at making highly effective COVID-19 treatment pills from Pfizer more widely available. The administration said that it will add 10,000 sites where the Paxlovid pills are available – bringing the total number of sites to 30,000...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 26, 2022 | D.C. News
The Department of Justice will appeal a federal court ruling on the surprise billing ban that sided with providers by saying the Biden administration’s rule conflicts with the No Surprises Act passed by Congress. Providers sued over the rule because they said...
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