Rural Health Care Providers Get $7.5 Billion in Relief Funds
The money will help offset the increased expenses and revenue losses that rural hospitals and clinics have experienced during the pandemic. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 23, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Mark Walker Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Health Insurance and Managed Care Rural Areas American Rescue Plan (2021) United States Politics and Government Health and Human Services Department Source Type: news
Democrats Reach Deal to Control Drug Prices in Bill
The provision would, for the first time, allow the government to negotiate prices for some medicines covered by Medicare. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 2, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Jonathan Weisman and Emily Cochrane Tags: United States Politics and Government Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Inventions and Patents Elderly Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Medicare Health Insurance and Managed Care Democratic Party House of Representatives Senate Schumer, Charles E Source Type: news
Manchin Raises Doubts on Safety Net Bill, Complicating Path to Quick Vote
Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, a crucial Democratic swing vote, demanded more time to evaluate the economic and fiscal impact of the $1.85 trillion bill. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 1, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Emily Cochrane, Jonathan Weisman and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Manchin, Joe III American Families Plan (2021) Democratic Party House of Representatives Senate Law and Legislation Federal Budget (US) Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Health Insurance and Managed Care Medicare Source Type: news
Budget Plan Offers Fix for Medicaid Coverage Gap, for Now
The $1.85 trillion social policy bill would provide free private health insurance for more than two million adults locked out of coverage, but only for four years. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 1, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Medicaid Warnock, Raphael G Georgia United States Politics and Government Source Type: news
This May Be Democrats ’ Best Chance to Lower Drug Prices
For patients with certain cancers, out-of-pocket spending can exceed $15,000 a year. Legislation could take aim at prices and the amounts Medicare patients are charged. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 27, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Health Insurance and Managed Care United States Politics and Government Law and Legislation Medicare Federal Budget (US) Source Type: news
F.D.A. Authorizes Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Booster Shots
The agency will also allow vaccine recipients to pick which vaccine they want as a booster, endorsing a mix-and-match approach. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 21, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Noah Weiland and Sharon LaFraniere Tags: Vaccination and Immunization Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Food and Drug Administration Johnson & Moderna Inc Pfizer Inc BioNTech SE United States Politics and Government Source Type: news
Racism Is Declared a Public Health Crisis in New York City
The Board of Health passed a resolution directing the Health Department to work toward a “racially just recovery” from the coronavirus pandemic. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 20, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Karen Zraick Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Race and Ethnicity Medicine and Health Board of Health (NYC) Health and Mental Hygiene Department (NYC) Chokshi, Dave A New York City Source Type: news
Pfizer Booster Can Be Given After 6 Months, European Drug Agency Says
The E.U. ’s main drug regulator also said that extra doses of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines can be given to those with underlying health conditions as early as 28 days after the second dose. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 4, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Monika Pronczuk Tags: Vaccination and Immunization Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) European Medicines Agency Source Type: news
New Rule on Surprise Billing Aims to Take Patients Out of the ‘Food Fight’
Neutral arbiters are given guidance on how to settle disputes between insurers and medical providers. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - September 30, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Emergency Medical Treatment Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Consumer Protection Hospitals United States Politics and Government Law and Legislation Source Type: news
Marilyn Golden, Effective Voice for the Disabled, Dies at 67
“Radicalized” after an accident left her disabled, she became a “linchpin” in the fight for the Americans With Disabilities Act as a leading policy analyst. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - September 29, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sam Roberts Tags: Disabilities Deaths (Obituaries) Civil Rights and Liberties Americans With Disabilities Act Golden, Marilyn (1954-2021) Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Source Type: news
Covid Rapid Test Prices: How a Law Allows Labs to Charge Any Price
Insurers say it ’s price-gouging, but a law left an opening for some labs to charge any price they wished. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - September 26, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Tests (Medical) Health Insurance and Managed Care Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Law and Legislation Laboratories and Scientific Equipment Price Gouging Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Source Type: news
Their Baby Died in the Hospital. Then Came the $257,000 Hospital Bill.
A New York family had good health insurance. But the bills for their daughter ’s care started showing up and kept coming. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - September 21, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Debt Collection Hospitals Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Mount Sinai Medical Center CIGNA Corporation Lane, Brittany Giroux Lane, Clayton Premature Babies Source Type: news
Their Baby Died in the Hospital. Then Came the $257,000 Bill.
A New York family had good health insurance. But the bills for their daughter ’s care started showing up and kept coming. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - September 21, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Debt Collection Hospitals Mount Sinai Medical Center Source Type: news
Drug Plan Fails, Signaling Thorny Path for Democrats ’ $3.5 Trillion Bill
Senior Democrats said they could still preserve elements of their plan to lower prescription drug prices, but they have little room for defections, and divisions remain on that and other issues. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - September 16, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Emily Cochrane and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: United States Politics and Government Law and Legislation Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) House Committee on Energy and Commerce House Committee on Ways and Means Rice, Kathleen Sinema, Kyrsten Manchin, Joe III Democratic Party Prices (Fares, Fe Source Type: news
Democrats ’ Stumble on Drug Prices Shows Power of Industry
An attempt in the House to take a bite out of drug companies meets resistance. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - September 15, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) United States Politics and Government Federal Budget (US) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Lobbying and Lobbyists Source Type: news
