This Week in Washington: FDA Approves Narcan OTC Nasal Spray, Senate Finance Committee Investigates Pharmacy Benefit Manager Practices...more
This Week in Washington: HHS Secretary appears before Senate Finance and Senate Appropriations Committees...more
This Week in Washington: CMS releases first list of Inflation Rebate Program drugs, initial guidance on Medicare Drug Negotiation Program...more
Upcoming Hearings -
March 15 -
Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Hearing: “Examining the Future Path of VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Program” -
3:30 p.m., Dirksen Senate Building 106...more
This Week in Washington: Workforce issues studied, PBMs under more scrutiny...more
Upcoming Hearings -
March 22 -
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Hearing: “Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would Moderna Consider Quadrupling the Price of the COVID Vaccine?” 10:00 a.m.,...more
This Week in Washington: President Biden delivers State of the Union Address, House votes to end CDC COVID-19 Foreign Air Traveler Vaccine Mandate...more
This Week in Washington: President Biden announces ending date of COVID-19 PHE, House begins investigations into COVID-19 origins; State of the Union scheduled for Feb. 7...more
2/7/2023
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This Week in Washington: Fighting over how to proceed on the debt limit; Congress still finalizing committee assignments...more
This Week in Washington: House and Senate not in session, U.S. reaches debt-ceiling limit...more
This Week in Washington: House assigns members to committees and finalizes committee chairmanships...more
This Week in Washington: 118th Congress begins, House finally chooses Speaker...more
1/10/2023
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This Week in Washington: All Efforts Are on Funding the Government Through the Rest of the Fiscal Year...more
This Week in Washington: Waiting for the election results from Georgia Senate race; mental health legislation continues to be discussed and CBO publishes option book...more
This Week in Washington: Congress returns to complete appropriations and year-end legislation....more