Elizabeth MacDonough can decide what pieces of the emerging Senate overhaul of the Affordable Care Act can be included under the budget reconciliation process senators are using
A vote on the Better Care Reconciliation Act has been delayed until after politicians return from the Independence Day holiday.
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Built into the bill are loopholes for states to bypass those protections and erode coverage for preexisting conditions.
The Senate has unveiled is healthcare bill. And former President Barack Obama has something to say about it.
Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Thursday unveiled a bill that would dramatically transform the nation’s Medicaid program. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) is seeking a vote on the bill before Congress leaves next week for its Fourth of July recess.
As the healthcare debate continues in Washington, a number of patient, provider and consumer advocate organizations — including AARP, the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association — have banded together to encourage the Senate to consider the impact of the AHCA on patients.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) was rather relentless in questioning Price.
Republicans aren't taking no for an answer when it comes to repealing the medical device tax.
Legislation was approved unanimously by the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday to exclude veterans from the Obamacare employer mandate. The legislation allows veteran workers, who receive health coverage from the Defense Department or the Department of Veterans Affairs, to not be included by companies in the count for employer mandate purposes. “The Hire More Heroes Act […]
This page made me laugh. Now that our elected officials are trying to one-up each other with Obamacare stories, the Senate Republicans have taken to the Internet. Who knew that the Web was such a social place? It’s so easy to collect first-hand experiences and constituent feedback! The Senate Republicans are catching up to their […]
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
Could a new bill in the U.S. Senate jumpstart healthcare startups? Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) introduced the Startup Jobs and Innovation Act today. If turned into law, the legislation would modify the tax code to allow innovative startups to partner with investors through “R&D Partnership Structures.” This could mean a break […]
In the snail race to end the government shutdown, House Republicans have proposed a new bill, which among other things, would delay the medical device excise tax for two years. The current proposal in the Senate doesn’t mention amending, much less repealing, the medical device excise tax. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) told the Washington Post […]
The Senate voted to kill the House amendments that would delay Obamacare and fund the government in a vote 54-46. Indiana is a good example of the division of the country on Obamacare, with the medical device excise tax at the heart of the matter. Both Sen. Dan Coats (R) and Sen. Joe Donnelly (D) […]
On The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert satirizes Sen. Ted Cruz‘s non-filibuster of his own bill to defund Obamacare. Pundits speculate perhaps he did this because voters unable to follow the Obamacare debate daily will simply remember him as the guy who fought healthcare reform. It gives Colbert an idea for Sen. Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign […]
The FDA could spend up to $182,000 over the next four years on its social media plans. The money goes to IB5k, which helped President Obama with his first campaign for the White House, as well as doing some work for leading Republicans, according to Politico. Overall, according to the RFQ, the job involves: By […]