A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s cuts to a Medicare drug discount program. Judge Rudolph Contreras ruled that the administration illegally reduced Medicare payments to hospitals through the 340B Drug Pricing Program by 30 percent — or about $1.6 billion a year — through a rule took effect in January…
CVS Completing $69 Billion Aetna Merger After Winning State Approvals…
CVS Health’s $69 billion acquisition of health insurer Aetna is expected to close on Wednesday after the firms received final regulatory approvals from state insurance agencies, the pharmacy chain said in a government filing on Monday. The deal — which won approval from the Department of Justice in October — is one of several expected […]
New Study Pegs Cost of Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All’ at $32 Tillion…
A bill from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to expand Medicare to all Americans would cost the federal government $32.6 trillion over the next decade, a new study finds. The study released Monday from the Mercatus Center think tank at George Mason University, comes as progressive Democrats are making “Medicare for All” a top issue in […]
601 People Charged in Massive, $2B Healthcare Scam…
The Justice Department on Thursday announced its largest-ever healthcare fraud enforcement action, and charged 601 people, including 165 medical professions, for making false medical claims worth $2 billion, a quarter of which was related to opioids. “This is the most fraud, the most defendants, and the most doctors ever charged in a single operation — […]
Federal Government Gives $2 Billion if Businesses Hire Aliens over Americans…
The Federal government is still incentivizing businesses to favor immigrants over Americans, to the tune of $2 billion in subsidies across the country, according to the Center for Immigration Studies. They do this via the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program. This program by the Federal government provides money to businesses that discriminate against American citizens […]
Report: Taxpayers Lost Billions as Hundreds of Drugs Misclassified Under Medicaid Drug Rebate Program…
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement on a report released by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) that showed 885 drugs were potentially misclassified under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, resulting in billions […]
GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Relieve Americans of Obamacare Mandate…
The Big Lie in Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All Bill’…
Bernie’s bill would add dental and vision care to Medicare while giving government greater responsibility for paying incidental costs. That’s going to be very expensive, because even without those added benefits Medicare is already extraordinarily expensive. A September 2015 study by respected economist, C. Eugene Steuerle…
House GOP Just Voted to Slash Medicaid — Which Pays for 60 Percent of People in Nursing Homes…
The American Health Care Act, which squeaked through the House of Representatives on Thursday, is terrible for many Americans in many ways. But what’s gotten almost no attention is the horrendous effect it could have on Americans in nursing homes. Daniel Webster, a Republican representative from the 11th Congressional District in central Florida, acknowledged this […]
GOP Targets Medicaid…
While Democrats have been pounding the drum against proposed changes to Medicare, Republicans appear far more likely to pursue an overhaul of Medicaid, the healthcare program for the poor. Medicaid has grown in size in recent years, with ObamaCare extending coverage to millions of low-income people who hadn’t qualified before…