President Trump is proposing to balance the federal budget within 15 years, “shrink” the federal government and extend food stamp work requirements to Medicaid and housing programs in a $4.8 trillion spending plan being released Monday. The plan would reduce spending by $4.4 trillion equally from discretionary and mandatory programs such as Medicare over the […]
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U.S. Military Prepares Hospital Ships for Deployment…
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IRS Gives Americans 3-Month Break to File Taxes…
ATTENTION SENIORS: Trump Admin Lifts Limits on Telehealth Services for Medicare Recipients…Call 1-800-Medicare…
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Pelosi Says Key Component of Drug Pricing Bill Not Open to Negotiations…
House Democrats on Thursday released the outline of a long-awaited drug price proposal, taking a step toward fulfilling one of the party’s signature campaign promises: requiring Medicare to negotiate drug prices. The bill would allow commercial insurers to benefit from the Medicare-negotiated price as well, and base Medicare’s highest-acceptable price on the lower prices other […]
Last Year the U.S. Government Gave $1 Billion in Benefits to Dead People…
Since 2004, twenty large federal agencies admit paying out an astonishing $1.2 trillion in improper payments. That amounts to more than one-quarter of President Trump’s proposed $4.7 trillion budget for 2020. Last year, these improper payments totaled $140 billion – that’s about $12 billion per month. But what exactly is an improper payment? Federal law […]
Drugmakers Jazz, Alexion, Lundbeck to Pay $123M to Resolve U.S. Charity Kickback Probe…
Three drugmakers will pay $122.6 million to resolve claims they used charities that help cover Medicare patients’ out-of-pocket drug costs as a way to pay kickbacks aimed at encouraging use of their medications, including some expensive ones. The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc, Lundbeck and Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc were the latest […]