Alan Goforth is a freelance writer in suburban Kansas City. In addition to freelancing for several publications, he has written a dozen books about sports and other topics.
"Prolonged investigations" create "tremendous strain on retirement plan sponsors" and negatively impact retirement savers, wrote House Republicans in a letter sent to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su.
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Bernie Sanders has announced that a new primary care bill has advanced in committee, which will increase funding for several key health care programs in rural areas.
With federal student loan payments set to resume starting next week, more than one in five borrowers expect to reduce savings overall (29%), for emergencies (29%) and retirement (22%), according to a new poll.
PBM lobby PCMA and drugmaker lobby PhRMA testified at a House Oversight Committee hearing last week, often pinning the blame for drug costs on each other, while bipartisan lawmakers agreed both were to blame.
Three influential medical organizations say the reimbursement proposal reductions for 2024 - a 3.3% cut in the conversion factor, the formula used to determine Medicare's physician payments - would hurt providers.
The nation's leading lobbying group for seniors filed an amicus brief on Monday in Washington, D.C., urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Merck to challenge Medicare's Drug Price Negotiation Program.
The Chamber of Commerce urged a federal judge on Friday to stop the new Medicare drug price negotiation program before Oct. 1, when the makers of the first 10 drugs must agree to start negotiations.