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McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 16, 2023

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The House and Senate were both in session this week, with healthcare activity continuing at the committee level. The House Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: December 6, 2022

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. This week's topics include: -...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 31

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. After a busy weekend voting on the reconciliation bill, the Senate is now in recess through Labor Day. The House, in recess since late July, returns this week on...more

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2022 Congressional Outlook and Top 10 Federal Health Policy Issues to Watch

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As Congress reconvenes, it faces a packed agenda in a legislative year that will be shortened by the upcoming midterm elections and remains buffeted by the persistent coronavirus pandemic. The list of healthcare priorities is...more

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Senate Lays Groundwork for Fall Health Care Negotiations Before Recessing This Month

The Big Picture - Before leaving for its August recess, the Senate made progress on two major Biden Administration priorities by passing bipartisan infrastructure legislation and a fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget resolution....more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - February 2021

Health care has dominated national politics for more than a decade. Voters told pollsters it was a top concern heading into the 2020 campaign, and that only intensified with the coronavirus pandemic. As the new...more

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Healthcare Policy Outlook with a Democratic-Controlled Senate

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The victories by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the Georgia elections mean that incoming majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will preside over the narrowest possible majority in the U.S. Senate under which...more

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President-Elect Biden’s Potential Executive Actions: A Health Care & Life Sciences Perspective

President-elect Biden’s agenda and approach for his first 100 days in office will depend to a large degree on which party controls the United States Senate. Many of the incoming President’s major campaign promises—such as...more

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Legal Developments to Keep an Eye Out for in 2020

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Here are our picks of some legal developments to keep an eye out for in the new year: Federal Circuit Decisions on Bevacizumab and Trastuzumab Preliminary Injunctions: Appeals are pending on the District of Delaware’s...more

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Hospital tries to stick ER nurse with $1 million in debt for her preemie’s care

It’s the price and cost problem, stupid. That’s a fictitious but new tattoo that voters might want politicians to take up as they consider the many major problems with the American health care system, especially as yet more...more

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Health Care in the Democratic Presidential Debates

Health care—what to do next, and how to do it—is likely to be a flash point in the first debates of the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination process. All the Democratic candidates support universal coverage, but they...more

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Politicians disconnect from good sense, even as U.S. health care worries soar

When it comes to something as crucial as health care, let’s keep it simple: Americans deserve better than this …...more

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ML Strategies Health Care Preview - April 2019

This week, Congress is keeping its eye on drug pricing with a reported hearing in the House Ways & Means Committee. This comes on the heels of the full E&C Committee advancing six pieces of bipartisan legislation for full...more

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Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – February 2019 #3

This week, seven top executives from drug manufacturers will testify in a highly anticipated hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. These companies will be questioned regarding rising drug prices, transparency, patent...more

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2019: What to Expect in Health Care Policy

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Health care issues will remain a central focus in Washington throughout 2019. Having gained control of the House following the 2018 mid-term elections, Democrats now have the ability to block President Trump's legislative...more

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K&L Gates Triage: Triage in 2019: Health Care Topics to Watch in the New Year

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As K&L Gates begins its third season of Triage: Rapid Legal Lessons for Busy Health Care Professionals, Hilary Bowman previews several topics that the health care practice group anticipates will have a significant impact on...more

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Midterms Bring New Focus to Healthcare

Tuesday’s midterm elections showed that healthcare is now a top issue among voters, according to exit polls. In an NBC News poll, healthcare was the top issue for a plurality of voters, ahead of the economy, immigration, and...more

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Midterm Elections Place Healthcare Policy in Spotlight

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Healthcare was a top voter priority in the 2018 midterm elections, with 41 percent of national voters stating that healthcare was their "most important" issue. Accordingly, the Democratic strategy to focus on healthcare...more

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Voters nationwide sent a powerful health care message. Will partisans heed it?

Last week’s election leaves two questions lingering about health care: Will politicians really hear what voters said? And, what help might beleaguered patients now expect from their elected officials?...more

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Really? Trump embraces Europe’s price controls to fight high U.S. drug costs

Days before politicians will face voters who tell pollsters they’re angry and upset about health care issues, President Trump made his first visit to the nation’s giant Health and Human Services Department to roll out a...more

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Will counter-factual claims and Big Pharma cash sway critical midterm votes?

At a time when Americans experience high anxiety and financial insecurity due to medical costs — with more than 20 percent of those with health insurance experiencing trouble paying for necessities, more than a quarter of...more

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With a knee you can see: Yes, Obamacare helps to cut costs and improve care

Federal regulators may be forced to reconsider their plans to curtail a cost-containing experiment that affects some of the most commonly performed surgeries — knee and hip replacement procedures that hundreds of thousands of...more

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Public Policy August Recess Health Care Newsletter

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Foley’s Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our Public Policy August Recess Health Care Newsletter in which we compiled the top health care policy news and legislation from this month. The House was not in...more

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Health Care Policy Newsletter - July 2018 #4

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Foley & Lardner LLP’s Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share this week’s “Public Policy Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest health care policy news and legislation. Please note that the next...more

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Health Care Policy Newsletter - July 2018 pt 2

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Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest Health Care policy news and legislation. *Please note that we...more

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