Health Policy Snapshot: June 2023

Health Policy Snapshot: June 2023

US Debt Limit Suspended into 2025; Neither Side Gets Everything It WantedPresident Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) both claimed victory last week after Congress approved a 99-page bill that suspends the nation’s debt limit into 2025. The legislation...
Health Policy Snapshot: June 2023

Health Policy Snapshot: April 2023

Unlikely Alliance? PhRMA joins community health leaders to seek reform of 340B programPhRMA is locking arms with the National Association of Community Health Centers and other advocates to encourage Congress to transform the 340B drug discount program. Created in 1992...
Health Policy Snapshot: June 2023

Health Policy Snapshot: March 2023

President Biden’s 2024 Budget: Heavy on Health Care Spending, but Congressional Leaders Aren’t Impressed President Biden’s 2024 budget proposal released March 9 included several major health care provisions, including more prescription drug pricing reforms and...
Health Policy Snapshot: June 2023

Health Policy Snapshot: February 2023

CMS Issues Guidance on How to Handle Prescription Drug Prices that Increase Higher than Inflation The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), touted several times by President Biden in last week’s “State of the Union” address, requires prescription drug companies to pay...