After years of investigation, the outgoing chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has released his take on new legislation to reform the controversial 340B Drug Pricing Program. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, unveiled a legislative discussion draft that would stand as the first statutory update to the subsidy program in 15 years ...
Insurers and doctors’ groups, often divided over how to rein in health care costs, are now facing off over the Make America Healthy Again movement. The insurance industry is embracing MAHA, while the doctors’ lobby is pushing against the movement’s leader, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who many physicians see as a danger to public ...
The nation’s top pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) lobbying group is going on the offensive, stepping up its advocacy efforts against the pharmaceutical industry after Congress passed a PBM industry overhaul last winter. The pharmaceutical industry spent years pointing fingers at pharmacy benefit managers as the reason for high drug costs, and Congress finally was able to get ...
Common food preservatives may contribute to higher risks of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, according to a large French study. Researchers analyzed data from 112,395 adults averaging 42 years of age, assessing their detailed dietary intake with an average follow-up of nearly eight years. Among the participants, 5,544 developed hypertension during the follow-up period, and 2,450 ...
The Department of Justice unveiled charges against 455 people, including 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in healthcare schemes that involved more than $6.5 billion in false claims and other patient harm. The charges were part of a two-week coordinated fraud takedown headed by the DOJ Criminal Division’s Health Care ...
U.S. healthcare spending is set to climb to $9 trillion by 2034, representing 20.6% of the economy, according to new federal data. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of the Actuary released on Wednesday its annual projections around national health spending. The actuaries said that total health spending in 2024 was $5.3 trillion, ...