Citing data showing the new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm has serious safety risks and may not help patients, Medicare officials decided Thursday to limit coverage of the drug to patients in clinical trials. The decision is extremely unusual for Medicare, which traditionally pays fo... Read more
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court in a bipartisan, 53-47 Senate vote Thursday. All 50 members of the Democratic caucus were joined by Republican Senators Susan Collins (ME), Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Mitt Romney (UT) in c... Read more
This week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized additional doses of the COVID-19 booster shot for adults over the age of 50. Following the decision, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its booster recommendations to include this newly eligibl... Read more
President Joe Biden unveiled his proposed budget for the 2023 fiscal year this week, calling for $5.8 trillion dollars in spending on a number of federal programs. Along with funding for national defense and action to combat climate change, the budget proposal also bolsters sever... Read more
The United States House of Representatives passed the Affordable Insulin Now Act, H.R. 6833, by a vote of 232-193 on March 31, capping the cost of insulin at $35 per month for all Medicare beneficiaries and many other Americans of all ages who need the drug to manage their diabet... Read more
A federal judge struck down Florida’s restrictive voting law, S.B. 90, on Thursday, finding the bill that passed in 2021 to be racially discriminatory. “Older Floridians take voting seriously and we are grateful that the Court today struck down S.B. 90,” said Bill Sauers, P... Read more
With inflation levels at a 40-year high, many Americans are feeling the squeeze from rising prices nationwide. Yet for those over the age of 65 who rely on a fixed income, historic inflation presents a dire threat to their already strained budgets. Roughly half of older people... Read more
As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) celebrated its twelfth anniversary Wednesday, a number of changes could reshape the program for the future. These include making premium reductions permanent, filling in the Medicaid gap and preventing a drop in Medicaid enrollment. The ACA has... Read more
Senate Democrats are proposing legislation to cap insulin prices at $35 a month, after previous attempts to reduce drug prices stalled in Congress. The cap would likely be combined with a bipartisan bill targeting pharmacy middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers and is a top... Read more
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