Biden Signs $460B Spending Bill With Doc Pay Bump, Delayed DSH Cuts And Community Health Funding

The Senate followed the House by clearing a spending package Friday night that keeps a portion of the federal government funded until September and prevents a partial government shutdown.

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Breaking Down Biden’s $7.3T Proposed Budget For 2025: Here Are His Top Health Priorities

The administration said his budget (PDF) will lower healthcare costs and drug prices, expand access to prescription drugs, build upon the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and fortify Medicare through a tax on the wealthy. Many of these priorities were previewed during Biden's State of the Union address last week.

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The US Pays Double That Of Other Countries For Prescription Drugs

President Biden's recent campaign statement is backed up by research, which has consistently found that U.S. Rx prices are significantly higher, sometimes 2-4 times as high, compared with prices in other countries.

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4 Top Drugmakers Present Their Case To Overturn Medicare Price Negotiation Program

Four leading drugmakers were back in federal court on Thursday to challenge the constitutionality of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program under the Inflation Reduction Act.

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US Government Calls For Insurance Companies To Make Advanced Payments Following Cyberattack Disruption

The US government on Sunday urged insurance companies to make advanced payments to health care providers following a cyberattack that disrupted insurance processing systems. The cyberattack had “significant impact” on Change Healthcare, a unit of health IT giant UnitedHealth Group, which processes 15 billion health care transactions annually. CNN previously reported that the cyberattack has resulted ...

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Medicare Announces Emergency Funds For Doctors Affected By Change Healthcare Hack

Federal health officials on Saturday said they would offer emergency funding to physicians, physical therapists and other professionals that provide outpatient health care, following a cyberattack that crippled the nation’s largest processor of medical claims and left many organizations in financial distress. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also announced that it would make ...

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