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Senate Committee on Finance Addresses Deceptive Practices Plaguing Seniors Covered by Medicare Advantage Plans

Senate Committee on Finance Addresses Deceptive Practices Plaguing Seniors Covered by Medicare Advantage Plans

by Julian Andreone | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Reform proposals targeting deceptive marketing practices that private insurance companies use against seniors and Americans with disabilities to turn profits appeared to receive broad bipartisan support from members of the Senate Committee on Finance in a...
Video: New Novavax vaccine now available as COVID-19 shots are commercialized

Video: New Novavax vaccine now available as COVID-19 shots are commercialized

by Luis Castaneda | Oct 17, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is now available after receiving approval from the CDC and FDA last week. This year, the COVID-19 shots will be commercialized, selling on the market between $120-$130. 92.3% of Americans, according to the CDC, are currently...
Video: Health care workers picket in the largest medical industry strike in U.S. history

Video: Health care workers picket in the largest medical industry strike in U.S. history

by Shravya Pant | Oct 5, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

SPRINGFIELD, Va. – The largest health care strike in U.S. history kicked off on Wednesday, with 180 Washington, Maryland and Virginia-area Kaiser Permanente pharmacists and optometrists joining the picket line outside Springfield Medical Center, only a fraction of the...
All 10 manufacturers agree to Biden’s first run Medicare drug price negotiation program

All 10 manufacturers agree to Biden’s first run Medicare drug price negotiation program

by Luis Castaneda | Oct 5, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration announced Tuesday that all 10 drug manufacturers it selected for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Program have agreed to participate. The drugs selected for the negotiations range from blood thinners like Eliquis and Xarelto;...
GOP lawmaker introduces bill banning medical abortions

GOP lawmaker introduces bill banning medical abortions

by Cate Bikales | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — A freshman congressman from the Nashville area became the latest lawmaker seeking to restrict abortion by introducing a bill on Thursday morning that would prohibit medical abortions and penalize the selling or distribution of abortion pills. Rep. Andy...
House Republicans Question OSHA’s new Excessive Heat in the Workplace Rules

House Republicans Question OSHA’s new Excessive Heat in the Workplace Rules

by Elleiana Green | Sep 27, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Fearing executive overreach, Republican lawmakers hammered the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration about the agency’s new rules for excessive heat in the workplace on Wednesday. Lawmakers questioned Douglas...
Texas lawsuit threatens abortion pill access networks like Mayday health

Texas lawsuit threatens abortion pill access networks like Mayday health

by Avani Kalra | Apr 19, 2023 | Health & Science, Politics

Since the federal right to an abortion was overturned last year, 24 states have banned or severely restricted the right to terminate a pregnancy. Except in extremely rare circumstances, doctors are not able to perform or prescribe abortions to patients needing or...
Former Intel Director said Chinese lab leak likely the cause of COVID-19 Pandemic

Former Intel Director said Chinese lab leak likely the cause of COVID-19 Pandemic

by Ishmael Bonsu | Apr 18, 2023 | Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON – Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe testified before lawmakers on Tuesday and said the COVID-19 Chinese lab leak theory is the “only plausible explanation” and is backed by “our intelligence, by science, and by common...
Sanders clashes with Moderna CEO over company’s plan to quadruple COVID vaccine price

Sanders clashes with Moderna CEO over company’s plan to quadruple COVID vaccine price

by Ishmael Bonsu | Mar 23, 2023 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON –  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)  pressed Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel on the company’s plan to increase the price of their COVID-19 vaccine to $130 per dose as sales shift to the commercial market in May when the Biden administration ends the national...
HHS could implement new rules to protect reproductive health information under HIPAA

HHS could implement new rules to protect reproductive health information under HIPAA

by Avani Kalra | Mar 2, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Abortion-rights lawmakers in Congress are aiming to close loopholes that may force providers and hospitals to disclose a patient’s medical records if they are subpoenaed or requested by law enforcement.  These exceptions have become especially worrisome...
House Judiciary subcommittee tackles causes of fentanyl crisis

House Judiciary subcommittee tackles causes of fentanyl crisis

by Avani Kalra | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday blamed immigration at the southern border for an increasing number of fentanyl deaths, stepping up their criticisms of Biden administration policies and calling for stricter regulations and more surveillance at the border....
At first full Committee on Homeland Security hearing, Republicans claim fentanyl crisis due to Biden’s border policy

At first full Committee on Homeland Security hearing, Republicans claim fentanyl crisis due to Biden’s border policy

by Lucia Barnum | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Immigration

WASHINGTON — Members of the new GOP-led House Committee on Homeland Security debated the issue of fentanyl at the border at the first hearing of the new Congress, saying Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the rest of President Joe Biden’s...
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