by Jordana Choucair | Nov 5, 2021 | D.C. News
The Biden administration set a January 4 deadline for its private-sector vaccine mandate. However, all unvaccinated workers must start wearing masks indoors a month earlier on December 5. The regulations are aimed at health care workers and businesses with 100 or more...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 5, 2021 | D.C. News
The House today will vote on President Biden’s $1.85 trillion spending package as well as the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. The House Rules Committee met late Thursday night to advance the final text of the bill that would expand health care, childcare,...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 3, 2021 | D.C. News
Senate Democrats have reached an agreement to lower prescription drug prices. The deal hits on Democrats’ three main pillars of drug price reform: It would allow Medicare to negotiate the prices of some drugs; it would put a cap on how much drugmakers can hike...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 2, 2021 | D.C. News
Senator Joe Manchin said he would not support President Biden’s revised spending plan without “greater clarity” about its economic effects. Citing “budget gimmicks,” Manchin said that the package’s full price tag could be double the advertised cost if the proposed...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 2, 2021 | D.C. News
The Biden administration will publish details on COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses in the coming days. The mandate will require companies to develop and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy unless they create a plan that gives workers the option to...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 1, 2021 | D.C. News
Congressional Democrats are hoping to strike a deal as soon as today on adding prescription drug pricing measures to their social spending bill. The latest draft would allow Medicare to negotiate some drug prices and include a redesign of Medicare Part D and rebates,...
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