Michael Lyle, Nevada Current President Joe Biden during a speech at UNLV Wednesday touted recent legislative victories seeking to rein in prescription drug prices and vowed to build on efforts to reduce health costs Biden’s visit to Southern Nevada came a week after he unveiled his 2024 fiscal year budget, …
Read More »Here’s When Drug Prices Will Start To Decrease For Medicare Recipients
Casey Quinlan, Georgia Recorder Starting next month, a $35 cap on insulin prices will go into effect for millions of Medicare recipients. The lower pricing is one of the first of several policy measures Americans will see in the coming months and years under the Inflation Reduction Act signed into …
Read More »Dems Say Bill to Kill Price Controls Shows GOP ‘Wants You… to Spend More’ on Meds
Democratic leaders on Friday blasted a new Republican bill that would roll back modest prescription drug pricing reforms that U.S. President Joe Biden recently signed into law. Republican Sens. James Lankford (Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Cynthia Lummis (Wyo.), and Marco Rubio (Fla.) introduced a bill that would repeal the medication-related …
Read More »Biden Signs Wide-Ranging Climate Change, Health Care And Tax Bill Into Law
Jennifer Shutt, Virginia Mercury President Joe Biden signed his party’s signature climate, health care and tax package into law Tuesday, capping off more than a year of tumultuous negotiations that saw his original proposal to Congress slimmed down considerably. Flanked by a handful of Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck …
Read More »Experts Say Drug Measures In Inflation Bill Are Good For Seniors, But There Are Downsides
Marty Schladen, Ohio Capital Journal The sweeping Inflation Reduction Act passed by Democrats last week takes on an issue that Americans have been screaming about for years: the high cost of prescription drugs. But while it will bring immediate relief to millions of seniors, several experts have said it may …
Read More »‘Game-Changer and Reason for Hope’: House Passes Inflation Reduction Act
Without the support of a single Republican, Democrats in the U.S. House on Friday gave final passage to a $740 billion piece of legislation that includes historic investments in renewable energy development, a minimum tax on large corporations, and a landmark requirement for Medicare to directly negotiate the prices of …
Read More »‘What the Hell is Wrong With Them’: GOP Senators Kill $35 Cap on Insulin
Senate Republicans on Sunday successfully stripped a proposed $35 per month cap on out-of-pocket spending on insulin for patients enrolled in private insurance from the tax and climate bill making its way through the Senate. The Senate parliamentarian had earlier ruled that the provision, sponsored by Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael …
Read More »Senate Passes Major Health, Tax And Climate Bill In Boost For Democrats
Ariana Figueroa, New Jersey Monitor The U.S. Senate, along party lines, passed a sweeping energy, health care, climate and tax package Sunday afternoon, following an overnight marathon of votes that resulted in just a handful of notable changes to the legislation. The 755-page bill was passed after Vice President Kamala …
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