After months of hearings and negotiations, millions of dollars in attack ads, full-court press lobbying efforts and countless rounds of negotiations, Congress appeared to be moving toward a solution to the nation’s surprise medical bill problem. Sort of.
Rachel Bluth | Kaiser Health News
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A bipartisan plan to lower health costs, end surprise bills
Two U.S. senators have released a plan they hope can help bring down health costs and eliminate surprise medical bills for patients.
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GOP, Democrats are miles apart on drug prices
Should Medicare be able to negotiate for lower drug prices? Democrats, yes; Republicans, no.
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Senate Democrats delay HHS nominee over women’s health funding
Last week, 65 administration nominees sailed through Senate confirmation without any debate. One candidate left out was Dr. Brett Giroir, a Texas physician, who is the president’s choice for assistant secretary of health.
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Facing unaffordable prices, millions buy medicine outside U.S.
As drug prices have spiraled upward in the past decade, tens of millions of generally law-abiding Americans have committed an illegal act in response: They have bought prescriptions outside the U.S. and imported them.