Pritzker signs PBM reform package
A sweeping package to reform how pharmacy benefit managers operate in Illinois was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. JB Pritzker.
With Shutdown Likely, Policy Experts Weigh Health Risks
Unless Congress acts to pass a spending package on or before September 30, the federal government is hurtling toward a shutdown. How will that affect federal healthcare programs? Stakeholders and policy experts, including former government officials, shared with MedPage Today their forecasts around which health programs and personnel might be most impacted by a shutdown […]
Democrats’ Climate Deal Puts U.S. Emissions Goals In Reach, 3 Separate Studies Show
The potential climate and economic benefits of the surprise reconciliation package Democrats unveiled last week are starting to come into a clearer view. Researchers have crunched the numbers to forecast how the more than 100 climate provisions in the $369 billion deal, called the Inflation Reduction Act, would impact planet-warming carbon emissions, jobs, electricity prices […]
Biden Signs ‘Historic’ Gun Reform Bill Into Law
President Biden on Saturday signed into law a bipartisan legislative package focused on preventing gun violence, calling it the “most significant” gun safety legislation in 30 years. “From Columbine to Sandy Hook, to Charleston, Orlando, Las Vegas, Parkland, El Paso, Atlanta, Buffalo, Uvalde, and for the shootings that happen every day in the streets,” the […]