LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Tuesday, July 16

Drug Pricing: Congressional Budget Office Reports the “Lower Health Care Costs Act” Will Reduce Health Insurance Premiums and Lower Prescription Drug Costs

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WHITE HOUSE UPDATE

Vice President Pence Remarks at Briefing from High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force and Yellowstone Substance Abuse Coalition

Remarks by President Trump at Meeting on Opioids

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Tuesday, June 4

Health Care: Health Subcommittee of Committee on Energy and Commerce Holds Hearing on Health Care Extenders, “Investing in America’s Health Care”

• Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) Opening Remarks

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Congress in recess for Memorial Day (May 27-31)
Tuesday, May 28

Health Care: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) Announce Hearing Entitled, “Investing in America’s Health Care,” on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building
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WHITE HOUSE UPDATE

Drug Control: White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll Urges World Anti-Doping Agency to Continue with Concrete Governance Reforms

• Director Jim Carroll Announces Formation of Committee to Respond to Emerging Drug Threats
  

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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

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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