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• KHN: An Ad’s Charge That Price Haggling Would ‘Swipe $500 Billion From Medicare’ Is Incorrect

  September 29, 2021: “These guys [insurance companies and Washington bureaucrats] are working together to swipe $500 billion from Medicare to pay for Pelosi and Schumer’s out-of-control spending spree.” Video advertisement from the  Read More >

• Tell Congress to Require Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices

  September 27, 2021: Congress is on the verge of passing Medicare drug price negotiation. You can sign our petition to tell your members that they must lower drug prices NOW! Read More >

• Nabisco Strike Ends: BCTGM Members Overwhelmingly Accept New Contract

  September 27, 2021: Alliance members have been strong supporters of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) workers at Nabisco/Mondelez plants throughout the United States as they fought the company’ Read More >

• Survey Says Most Private Insurance Plans Won’t Waive COVID-19 Cost-sharing

  September 27, 2021: At the urging of the federal government, insurance companies waived cost-sharing for COVID-19 patients in 2020. However as the pandemic continues, a majority of companies have opted to discontinue this practice, meaning that COVID Read More >

• FDA, CDC Back Pfizer COVID-19 Boosters for Seniors, High-Risk Americans

  September 27, 2021: On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) vaccine advisory committee endorsed the use of a Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 booster shot for people 65 years old and older and those who may be at risk of dev Read More >

• Alliance Fighting for Lower Drug Prices as Debate Heats up in Congress

  September 27, 2021: Alliance members in key congressional districts continued their efforts this week to persuade four moderate House Democrats who voted in Committee against allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. House members Stephani Read More >

• Democrats Look to Wealthiest Americans, Corporations to Pay for Reconciliation Bill

  September 22, 2021: House Democrats are crafting a deal to implement President Biden’s Build Back Better plan while keeping his promise that the revenue to pay for it will come only from Americans who earn more than $400,000 a year. The funding wou Read More >

• Senate Democrats Introduce New Voting Rights Bill

  September 22, 2021: Within days of Texas enacting a new voting restrictions law, Senate Democrats introduced the Freedom to Vote Act. The bill would make Election Day a federal holiday, establish same-day voter registration nationwide, set federal st Read More >

• Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Proposal Blocked in Committee

  September 22, 2021: Democratic Reps. Scott Peters (CA), Kathleen Rice (NY) and Kurt Schrader (OR) cast the deciding votes against allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices Wednesday. The 29-29 tie vote in the House Energy and Commerce Committe Read More >

• KHN: Over Half of States Have Rolled Back Public Health Powers in Pandemic

  September 16, 2021: Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are taking away the powers state and local officials use to protect the public against infectious diseases. Read More >