To Tame Prescription Prices, HHS Dips A Toe Into Drug Importation Stream
(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) It came as something of a surprise when Health and Human Services Secretary
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Legislative Update
The House adopted two health care bills to expand tax-advantaged health care accounts
The House of Representatives adopted two health care bills, H.R. 6199 and H.R. 6311, that expand tax-advantaged health care accounts,
Read MoreNew proposal would remove safe-harbor protections for drug rebates
The Office of Management and Budget was sent a proposed regulation that would make changes to federal safe harbor protections
Read MoreWhat A U.S.-China Trade War Could Mean For The Opioid Epidemic
(By Matthew Garcia for Kaiser Health News) The American struggle to curb opioid addiction could become collateral damage in President
Read MoreSignaling concern over industry funding, Congress presses for transparency at groups supporting NIH, CDC
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health has hit a series of ethical snags in
Read MoreHealth care costs in retirement
Tail risk is a catchphrase that Wall Street likes to use to label a dramatic outlier event that upends the
Read MoreWhat’s in the House’s bills to address the opioid crisis — and what’s not
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — The House spent much of the last two weeks passing dozens of bills aimed at
Read MoreMedicare Advantage plans to add broad non-medical benefits
Beginning next year, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will be permitted for the first time to broadly cover non-medical expense that
Read MoreThe Preventing Addiction for Susceptible Seniors (PASS) Act of 2018
The House of Representatives unanimously passed the Preventing Addiction for Susceptible Seniors (PASS) Act of 2018 (H.R. 5773). This legislation
Read MoreAdministration Eases Way For Small Businesses To Buy Insurance In Bulk
(By Jan Hancock and Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Small employers will more easily be able to band together
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