A federal decide in Texas has turned again the primary problem to the nascent Medicare prescription-drug negotiation program. However the case turned on a technicality, and drugmakers have many extra lawsuits within the pipeline.
In the meantime, Congress is approaching one more funding deadline, and medical doctors hope the following funding invoice will cancel the Medicare pay reduce that took impact in January.
This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Well being Information, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Put up.
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Julie Rovner KFF Well being Information @jrovner
Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Well being Information’ weekly well being coverage information podcast, “What the Well being?” A famous professional on well being coverage points, Julie is the writer of the critically praised reference guide “Well being Care Politics and Coverage A to Z,” now in its third version.
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Among the many takeaways from this week’s episode:
- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), chair of the highly effective Home Vitality and Commerce Committee, introduced she would retire on the finish of the congressional session, setting off a scramble to chair a panel with important oversight of Medicare, Medicaid, and the U.S. Public Well being Service. McMorris Rodgers is one in every of a number of Republicans with important well being experience to announce their departures.
- As Congress’ subsequent spending invoice deadline approaches, lobbyists for hospitals are feverishly attempting to forestall a Medicare provision on “site-neutral” funds from being connected.
- In abortion information, anti-abortion teams are becoming a member of the decision for states to raised define when life and well being exceptions to abortion bans might be legally permissible.
- Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is asking the Federal Commerce Fee and the Securities and Trade Fee to research an organization that collected location information from sufferers at 600 Deliberate Parenthood websites and bought it to anti-abortion teams.
- And in “This Week in Well being Misinformation”: Lawmakers in Wyoming and Montana float payments to let folks keep away from getting blood transfusions from donors who’ve been vaccinated towards covid-19.
Plus, for “further credit score,” the panelists counsel well being coverage tales they learn this week that they assume you need to learn, too:
Julie Rovner: Stateline’s “Authorities Can Erase Your Medical Debt for Pennies on the Greenback — And Some Are,” by Anna Claire Vollers.
Alice Miranda Ollstein: Politico’s “‘There Was a Lot of Anxiousness’: Florida’s Immigration Crackdown Is Inflicting Sufferers to Skip Care,” by Arek Sarkissian.
Rachel Cohrs: Stat’s “FTC Doubles Down in Welsh Carson Anesthesia Case to Restrict Personal Fairness’s Doctor Buyouts,” by Bob Herman. And Fashionable Healthcare’s “Personal Fairness Medicare Benefit Funding Slumps: Report,” by Nona Tepper.
Lauren Weber: The Wall Avenue Journal’s “Local weather Change Has Hit Dwelling Insurance coverage. Is Well being Insurance coverage Subsequent?” by Yusuf Khan.
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- Francis Ying Audio producer
- Stephanie Stapleton Editor
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