Posts Categorized: Health Policy Update

 What’s Ahead: This Week  Hearings and Markups – Tuesday, May 21 House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “Improving Drug Pricing Transparency and Lowering Prices for American Consumers.” House Ways & Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills.” House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Military Personnel and House Veterans’ Affairs… Read more »

 What’s Ahead: This Week  Hearings and Markups – Wednesday, May 15 Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, “Markup of the Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program Act and Other Legislation.” House Ways & Means Committee, “The Economic and Health Consequences of Climate Change.” House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “FY 2020 Department… Read more »

 What’s Ahead: This Week  Hearings and Markups – Tuesday, May 7 Senate HELP Committee, “Implementing the 21st Century Cures Act: Making Electronic Health Information Available to Patients and Providers (Part II).” Senate Judiciary Committee, “Intellectual Property and the Price of Prescription Drugs: Balancing Innovation and Competition.” Wednesday, May 8 Senate Finance Committee, “Medicare Physician Payment… Read more »

 What’s Ahead: This Week  Notable Policy Events – Wednesday, April 24 Health Affairs, “Health and Housing Needs for U.S. Seniors in the ‘Middle Market.’” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2Gfxk18 Thursday, April 25 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center, “The Future of Global Health Financing: Hope vs. Reality… Read more »