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Three drug bills attempt to cap costs

The House has passed a bill to lower the price of prescription medications by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies, but the bill is expected to get nowhere in the Senate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 passed by a vote of 230-192 Thursday, largely along party lines.… Read More »

Daily on Healthcare: Pelosi vows openness to universal coverage plans…Trump pledges to stop surprise medical bills

Smart content. Deeper culture. Better access.  Become a subscriber to the Washington Examiner magazine. SIGN UP! If you’d like to continue receiving Washington Examiner’s Daily on Healthcare newsletter, SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://newsletters.washingtonexaminer.com/newsletter/daily-on-healthcare/ Pelosi vows to be open to policies that will move toward universal coverage. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed Thursday “to consider all options to… Read More »

When it comes to surprise medical bills, journalists largely focus on casualties and not the war

Throughout the summer, I saw tweet after tweet calling for an end to surprise medical bills, an issue that’s rising in public importance: Do you know how patients like you get hit with #surprisebills? It’s the surprise insurance gap — when your plan doesn’t cover care you need. In an #emergency, you need your insurance to… Read More »