Tag: prescription drug

This Week’s Dose: Lawmakers are considering additional emergency funding to address the growing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as US cases top 1,000. The Administration released long-awaite...

AZAR DEFENDS THE HHS BUDGET THIS WEEK.

• Azar Continues to Defend the HHS Budget. It will be a busy week for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar. He will be defending the HHS bu...

  McDermottPlus Healthcare Preview: December 09, 2019

  Never a Dull Moment in Healthcare.

  • All the Major Healthcare Proposals are in Play, But Assembly is Still Required. Late last week, the Senate Finance Committee released a bipartisan and update...

    McDermottPlus Healthcare Preview: December 02, 2019

    Welcome Back from Thanksgiving!

    • Congress Has Three Weeks Left to Achieve Massive Cooperation and Compromise. The House has an ambitious agenda for the next three weeks: 1) pass H.R. 3, the Pe...

      McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 28, 2019

      This Week’s Dose: Lots of movement in Congress ahead of the Fourth of July recess with the House and Senate both advancing a number of health care bills. President Trump also signed an execu...

      McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 21, 2019

      This Week’s Dose: Three weeks down, one week to go in this work period. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee is moving forward with its cost containment legislat...

      McDermottPlus Health Care Preview: June 17, 2019

      Two weeks down. Two weeks to go. All Eyes Watching the Senate HELP Committee. This week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will have a hearing on the Lower Health Care Costs Act. The Lower Health...

      McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 17, 2019

      This Week’s Dose: Drug pricing remains in the spotlight, but lawmakers also introduced legislation focused on surprise billing and coinsurance. Congres...