New opioid bill would impose sweeping limits on some prescriptions, boost funding
(By Lev Facher for ST A T) A group of eight senators on Tuesday unveiled bipartisan legislation that would increase
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(By Lev Facher for ST A T) A group of eight senators on Tuesday unveiled bipartisan legislation that would increase
Read more(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Under new legislation, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Iowa’s largest health
Read morePresident Trump signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (the “Budget”), a two-year budget which made substantial revisions to Medicare,
Read more(By Juliette Cubanski for The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) On February 9, 2018 the President signed into law the
Read more(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) Norm Thurston is a “free-market guy” — a conservative health economist in Republican-run
Read moreCurrently the IRS doesn’t allow those on Medicare to contribute to health savings accounts; however, in a provision in President
Read more(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) California voters passed a law two years ago that allows terminally ill people
Read more(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review ) White House advisers proposed the idea to expedite the review process for
Read moreThe White House will propose lowering prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries by allowing them to share in rebates that
Read more(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Republican and Democrat Senate leaders unveiled a two-year budget deal Wednesday that
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