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• American Medical Debt Twice as High as Previously Thought, Concentrated in States Without Medicaid Expansion

  July 26, 2021: New research published Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association finds that collection agencies held $140 billion in unpaid medical bills last year - a number that has grown rapidly in just a few years. An earlier Read More >

• Senate Holds Hearing on PRO Act, Proponents Drum Up Support

  July 26, 2021: The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee held a hearing Thursday morning on H.R. 842, the PRO Act. This bill would protect the rights of workers to unionize in several ways. In her opening statement, Sen. Read More >

• 56th Anniversary of Medicare Brings Fight to Lower Drug Prices into High Gear

  July 26, 2021: Americans continue to pay the highest prices in the industrialized world for prescription drugs, and as Medicare’s 56th anniversary approaches on July 30, the pharmaceutical industry is spending millions to protect their sky-hig Read More >

• KHN: Though Millions Are at Risk for Diabetes, Medicare Struggles to Expand Prevention Program

  July 22, 2021: Damon Diessner tried for years to slim down from his weight of more than 400 pounds, partly because his size embarrassed his wife but even more because his doctors told him he was at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. His hemoglo Read More >

• Texas State Legislators Flee the State to Preserve Voting Rights

  July 19, 2021: Fifty-one of the 67 Democrats in Texas’ state legislature fled the state on Monday to deny the Republican-controlled body the quorum needed to pass a bill that would make it harder for seniors and minority voters to exercise the Read More >

• President Biden Signs Executive Order Targeting High Drug Prices

  July 19, 2021: Last Friday, President Biden signed an executive order to address high drug prices while Congress works on legislation to allow Medicare to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs. The executive order: Authorizes fed Read More >

• Senate Democrats Announce Package to Expand Medicare to Include Dental, Hearing and Vision Benefits

  July 19, 2021: On Tuesday night, top Senate Democrats came to terms on a blueprint for a massive $3.5 trillion budget resolution to pair with a proposed $600 billion bipartisan physical infrastructure plan. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schume Read More >

• Ageism Costs the Economy Trillions

  July 12, 2021: A new report from AARP found that age discrimination cost the U.S. economy $850 billion in lost Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018, and that number appears to be increasing over time. The researchers calculated the loss in produ Read More >

• Congressional Democrats Eye Multiple Paths to Medicare Improvement

  July 12, 2021: Congressional Democrats are seeking to include vision, dental and hearing coverage in Medicare in new legislation rolled out this week. The bill, announced by Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX), would initially add preventive dental, hearing Read More >

• Report Shows Top 14 Drug Corporations Could Easily Afford Medicare Price Negotiation

  July 12, 2021: On Thursday, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY), the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a press conference with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) to release a new report analyzing the finances of 14 of the world’s la Read More >