by Jordana Choucair | Apr 1, 2022 | D.C. News
The House passed a bill to limit the cost of insulin to $35 a month for consumers enrolled in private health insurance plans or Medicare. Cost sharing for beneficiaries in private plans would be limited to either $35, or 25 percent of the health plan’s negotiated...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 31, 2022 | D.C. News
The House is expected to vote by next week on legislation to provide more than $15 billion in COVID-19 relief. The vote comes as experts warn of a new wave of infections caused by the BA.2. subvariant and funding for uninsured treatment, testing, and vaccinations...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 29, 2022 | D.C. News
President Biden released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2023, asking Congress to authorize a $26.9 billion increase for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund numerous health care priorities. Of the $127.3 billion in discretionary funding...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 25, 2022 | D.C. News
Senator Mitt Romney said that he is working with GOP leadership on a COVID-19 funding counterproposal after receiving a new offer from Democrats. He said the proposals contain new ways to pay for the pandemic funding, and that Democrats proposed one set of pay-fors...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 24, 2022 | D.C. News
Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson concluded her two days of questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee late yesterday. Today is set to be the final day of hearings and will feature a number of legal experts to testify about her qualifications for...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 23, 2022 | D.C. News
The White House said it will end its program to pay for COVID-19 treatments and testing for uninsured people within weeks due to a lack of funds. To date, the federal government has paid about $20 billion to help cover vaccination, testing, and treatment costs for...
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