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Month: April 2016

Health Care - General Veterans Benefits 

Veterans Still Not Receiving Treatment

April 30, 2016April 29, 2016 Staff

According to a new study by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 76 percent of California veterans in need of

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Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs 

Another Medicare Fight in Congress

April 30, 2016April 29, 2016 Staff

The proposed pilot program that would change how Medicare pays for certain drugs under Medicare Part B is facing little

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Zika Virus Test Approval by FDA

April 30, 2016April 29, 2016 Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization to Quest Diagnostics Inc. to sell the first commercially developed diagnostic

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Part D/Prescription Drugs 

Who Serves on the Advisory Committees of the FDA?

April 30, 2016April 29, 2016 Staff

The consumer group Public Citizen has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington to force US Food and Drug

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Part D/Prescription Drugs 

The Number One Issue in Health Care: Drug Costs

April 29, 2016 Staff

Andy Slavitt the acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said recently, “if we don’t address this

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Health Care - General 

Even As Birth Rates Fall, Teens Say They Are Getting Less Sex Education

April 29, 2016 Staff

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Teenage girls are catching up to teenage boys in one way that does

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Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs 

March-In Rights and Should the Government Be Using Them to Control Drug Prices?

April 29, 2016April 28, 2016 Staff

A march-in right, currently as it stands under federal law, allows an agency that funds private research to require a

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Medicare Fraud; Illegal Activities Part D/Prescription Drugs 

FBI Bust Medicare Fraud Ring In Miami

April 29, 2016April 28, 2016 Staff

On Thursday, Federal agents rounded up 18 suspects in Miami, FL with additional suspects fleeing to Cuba, on charges of

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Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicare - General 

Administration takes first step to implement legislation modernizing how Medicare pays physicians for quality

April 29, 2016April 28, 2016 Staff

(Source – hhs.gov) The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a proposal to align and modernize how Medicare

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Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid 

New Medicaid guidance improves access to health care for justice-involved Americans reentering their communities

April 28, 2016 Staff

(Source – hhs.gov) Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) strengthened access to health care for individuals

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