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Drug price negotiations, legal battles set to ramp up: What to expect

Drug price negotiations, legal battles set to ramp up: What to expect

The fight over Medicare drug price negotiation picked back up this week with oral arguments in AstraZeneca’s lawsuit and the federal government sending out its first offers for a maximum fair price to manufacturers.  AstraZeneca on Wednesday gave its first oral arguments in the District Court of Delaware. Like other companies and pharmaceutical entities, the […]

Biden seizes on Texas abortion case to ramp up Trump attacks

Biden seizes on Texas abortion case to ramp up Trump attacks

The Biden campaign is stepping up its abortion attacks on GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump, seeking to tie the former president to a case in Texas where the state prevented a woman with a nonviable pregnancy from having an abortion.  The White House is following the broader Democratic playbook, as the party wants to keep […]

Health Care — Democrats ramp up pressure over COVID impasse

Health Care — Democrats ramp up pressure over COVID impasse

Harry Styles just dropped his third solo album, and you can listen to the entire thing here.  Today in health care, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is facing growing pressure to bring COVID relief funds up for a vote.   And tonight, a judge blocked the lifting of border restrictions that have been caught up in the COVID funding […]

Covid booster: Hospitals and pharmacies urged to ramp up rollout

But health leaders have warned that expanding the booster rollout poses a big challenge. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents the healthcare system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, said accelerating the booster rollout would have “consequences” for a health service which was already stretched. Source link