Trump Signs Executive Order Setting 30-Day Deadline For Drugmakers To Lower Prescription Drug Costs

President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to electively lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. or face new limits down the road over what the government will pay.

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House E&C Committee Unveils Budget Reconciliation Proposal, Including Steep Medicaid Cuts

The House Energy & Commerce Committee has released a hotly anticipated budget reconciliation bill that aims to thread the needle between policymakers who want to see Medicaid funding slashed and those who view steep cuts as a political flashpoint. The committee was tasked with cutting approximately $880 billion in federal outlays, and early estimates (PDF) from the Congressional Budget ...

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California May Expand Standard Small-Group Coverage To Include IVF, Hearing Aids

A new in vitro fertilization benefit would make coverage for up to three attempts to create embryos through an IVF process an essential health benefit.

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GLP-1 Medications Fuel $806B U.S. Prescription Drug Spending Spree

Prescription drug spending in the United States rose by 10.2% last year, thanks in part to the popularity of GLP weight-loss drugs.

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‘Cuts Of This Magnitude Cannot Be Absorbed’: Hospitals Slam Republicans’ Medicaid Proposal

House Republicans on May 11 floated a bill that would impose up to $715 billion in Medicaid and ACA cuts over the next decade — reductions that hospital leaders warn would leave millions without coverage and put essential hospitals at risk of closure. The 160-page bill outlines several Medicaid provisions aimed at curbing federal spending, including: Implementing stricter eligibility ...

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CBO: House GOP Plan Exceeds $880B Savings Target

The Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over Medicaid, surpassed its target of finding $880 billion in savings to help pay for legislation to extend President Trump’s tax cuts and other priorities, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). In a brief letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), the CBO said the committee’s reconciliation ...

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