LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Monday, May 13

Drug Pricing: Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Codify HHS Rule Requiring Disclosure of Prescription Drug Pr Brought Against 20 Generic Drug Manufacturers for Prescription Drug Price-Fixing
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WHITE HOUSE UPDATE

ONDCP: The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Releases Report on President’s Commission on Combatting Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis  

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Tuesday, April 16

Veterans’ Affairs: U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Marsha Blackburn Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Establish Committee to Help Oversee Electronic Health Record Modernization

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WHITE HOUSE UPDATE

Medicare: Press Secretary’s Statement on “Medicare for All”

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Monday, April 1

House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Committee Announces Full Committee Markup of Net Neutrality, Healthcare and Climate Change Bills

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WHITE HOUSE UPDATE

Opioids: Progress Concerning President Trump’s Initiative to Tackle the Opioid Crisis

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WHITE HOUSE UPDATE

FY 2020 Proposal: White House Seeks Billions  in Record Investments to Stop Drug Epidemic

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Wednesday, March 6

Drug Pricing: Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) Introduce the Biologic Patent Transparency Act
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WHITE HOUSE UPDATE

Opioids: Multi-Agency Partnership Launches $1.55 Million Dollar Global Prize Competition

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Wednesday, February 20

CMS: Democratic Health Leaders Send Letter to CMS Laying Out Concerns with the Administration’s Proposed Health Insurance Market Rules

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Monday, February 11

Patient Access:  Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Says Administration’s Proposals Will Help Increase Patient Access

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WHITE HOUSE

Affordable Health Care: President Trump’s Actions on Healthcare and ResultsRead More

WHITE HOUSE

Drug Trafficking: Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Releases the Administration’s National Drug Control Policy

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WHITE HOUSE

Neurology: President Trump Signs into Law the Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act.

Veterans: President Trump Signs into Law the Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018.

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Week in Brief

ACA: Federal Judge in Texas Declares the Affordable Care Act Unconstitutional, However the Law Remains in Effect. Read More

Monday, December 3

Opioids: China Announces Efforts to Reduce Fentanyl Sales to the US.

• Statement from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA).

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Week in Review

1332 State Waivers: CMS Releases Methods for Implementing 1332 State Waivers.

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

 Monday, November 19

 ACA: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Issues Letter to Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Requesting Response Regarding DOJ’s Decision to Not Defend Legal Challenges to the ACA.

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Week in Brief 

Friday, November 16

Finance Committee: Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Announces Plan to Serve as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

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Week in Brief

Elections: Midterm Elections Result in a Democratic House Majority and a Republican Senate and Gubernatorial Majority.

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