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Senate holds Steward Health CEO in contempt of Congress

Senate holds Steward Health CEO in contempt of Congress

The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday to hold the CEO of Steward Health Care in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena and refusing to appear at a hearing.   The matter will now be referred to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia to criminally prosecute Ralph de la Torre for failing […]

Medication middlemen face bipartisan criticism as Congress eyes industry reforms

Medication middlemen face bipartisan criticism as Congress eyes industry reforms

Executives from three of the largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) pushed back against bipartisan criticism during a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday where lawmakers faulted the industry for high drug prices.  The executives blamed drug companies for those prices, saying PBMs save patients money, and that customers actively choose to partner with them because of […]

Congress takes aim at White House nursing home staffing quotas

Congress takes aim at White House nursing home staffing quotas

A fight over the White House plan to mandate minimum staffing levels in nursing homes is escalating, as the Biden administration seeks to ward off challenges in Congress and in the courts.  On Capitol Hill, lawmakers in both chambers have introduced joint resolutions under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the rule.   The policy […]

Women in Congress spotlight challenge of legislating as a new mother

Women in Congress spotlight challenge of legislating as a new mother

A bipartisan effort to let new mothers vote by proxy after giving birth is putting a spotlight on the unique challenges congresswomen face as they weigh motherhood against the archaic rules of the House chamber. After suffering significant complications when giving birth to her son in August, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) grew frustrated by […]

Fauci to testify before Congress for the first time since stepping down

Fauci to testify before Congress for the first time since stepping down

Anthony Fauci, former chief medical adviser to President Biden, will testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on June 3, making it the first time he will appear before a congressional panel since leaving government work at the end of 2022. Subcommittee Chair Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced the hearing Wednesday. Fauci had […]

Biden to urge Congress to lower health care costs during New Hampshire visit

Biden to urge Congress to lower health care costs during New Hampshire visit

President Biden will travel Monday to New Hampshire, where he will call on Congress to take three specific actions to lower health care costs for Americans. Biden will seek to draw a contrast between his proposals to reduce health care costs for Americans and GOP proposals to reduce benefits and repeal the Affordable Care Act, […]

Opinion | President Trump says he supports LGBTQ Americans. His record says otherwise.

Opinion | President Trump says he supports LGBTQ Americans. His record says otherwise.

When accepting the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump promised to be an ally of LGBTQ Americans.” Now that he’s in the White House, Post producer Kate Woodsome notes, Trump’s policies have contradicted that promise. Several Trump administration regulations, executive orders and personnel appointments are reversing Obama-era civil rights protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender […]

Mike Johnson says Congress won't deal with key IVF question

Mike Johnson says Congress won't deal with key IVF question

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Thursday that Congress would not address a key question surrounding in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the wake of a controversial Alabama Supreme Court ruling on embryos. “CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil pressed Johnson on whether he would see destroying embryos as “murder,” noting that Alabama recently passed legislation to protect IVF providers from […]

Advocacy groups call on Congress to reauthorize global HIV initiative

Advocacy groups call on Congress to reauthorize global HIV initiative

A bipartisan alliance of more than 30 health care groups and policy experts are calling on Congress to pass another 5-year reauthorization of the U.S. global HIV initiative, which expired last month. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was launched in 2003 by former President George W. Bush. In its 20-year history, the […]

Breaking News: Former PM Manmohan Singh’s Health Deteriorates

Breaking News: Former PM Manmohan Singh’s Health Deteriorates

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