Affordable Care Act, Trump Administration, Pharmaceutical Industry

Health Headlines: March 2025

Goodwin on 3/30/2025

Welcome to the third issue of Health Headlines, a newsletter created by lawyers in our Healthcare practice....more

Health Care: Trump Focuses on Drug Pricing Experiments, ACA and Research Grants

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/30/2025

In his first week in office, President Donald Trump issued executive orders and took other actions with significant implications for the life sciences and health care industries that mark substantial departures from the...more

McDermott+ Check-Up: January 24, 2025

McDermott+ on 1/27/2025

Senate Committees Continue Nomination Hearings. The Senate VA Committee held a hearing for VA secretary nominee Doug Collins and subsequently voted for his confirmation with broad bipartisan support. His confirmation vote...more

Drug Pricing and Health Care Fraud Remain Key Issues

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/21/2025

Key Points - - It remains to be seen what priorities Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marty Makary might set if confirmed as HHS secretary and FDA commissioner, respectively. - The Trump administration will likely focus on drug...more

Trump administration reversal would take away FDA’s authority to approve biosimilars

Hogan Lovells on 7/15/2020

On June 25, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court that reverses the government’s prior position by arguing that none of the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable...more

Pharma Price Disclosure Rule Struck Down: Will Hospital Price Transparency Rule Meet The Same Fate?

Cozen O'Connor on 6/22/2020

On June 16, the D.C. Circuit Court struck down the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (“CMS”) rule issued in May 2019 requiring pharmaceutical companies to disclose the wholesale acquisition cost of drugs over $35 in...more

Sad Day for Coupon-Clippers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/12/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: Recently, the Trump Administration issued its proposed Notice of Benefit & Payment Parameter for 2021 regulations....more

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 10/28/2019

DEMOCRATS PRESS FOR PRE-THANKSGIVING VOTE ON DRUG PRICING BILL - The House Ways and Means Committee last week approved an amended version of legislation that would overhaul how Medicare and private insurers reimburse for...more

Washington Healthcare Update - September 2019 #4

McGuireWoods Consulting on 10/1/2019

This week in Washington: The House and Senate are in recess. Congress - Hearings/Markups - Senate Special Committee on Aging: “Promoting Healthy Aging – Living Your Best Life Long into Your Golden Years”...more

Drug Pricing and Surprise Billing: Recent Actions and Outlook

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 8/8/2019

Recent months have seen a flurry of activity in Congress on prescription drug pricing and surprise medical bills as lawmakers seek to address rising consumer health care costs. Several House and Senate committees have...more

$14k to treat iron-poor blood? That’s rich. As is politicians’ health care frenzy.

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 8/6/2019

Iron poor blood? For many of a certain age, mere mention of that phrase conjures the major advertising campaigns of yore for a popular, over-the-counter nostrum called Geritol. The tonic is still around and sells for less...more

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 5/6/2019

Below is this week’s “Capitol Hill Healthcare Update,” which is posted on Mondays when Congress is in session. TRUMP, DEMOCRATIC LEADERS TO MEET ON DRUG PRICES - During a White House meeting last week on infrastructure...more

Politicians disconnect from good sense, even as U.S. health care worries soar

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 4/8/2019

When it comes to something as crucial as health care, let’s keep it simple: Americans deserve better than this …...more

Washington Healthcare Update March 2019 #3

McGuireWoods Consulting on 3/19/2019

Upcoming Hearings - Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP): “Implementing the 21st Century Cures Act: Making Electronic Health Information Available to Patients and...more

Washington Healthcare Update February 2019 #2

McGuireWoods Consulting on 2/12/2019

Coming Week’s Highlights: This week’s focus by many will be whether the government shuts down once more. Legislation must be passed and signed by the President by February 15, in order to keep the departments not yet funded...more

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 2/5/2019

Below is this week’s “Capitol Hill Healthcare Update,” which is posted on Mondays when Congress is in session. Highlights this week: Trump will discuss healthcare and drug costs in this week’s State of the Union address;...more

K&L Gates Triage: Triage in 2019: Health Care Topics to Watch in the New Year

K&L Gates LLP on 1/31/2019

As K&L Gates begins its third season of Triage: Rapid Legal Lessons for Busy Health Care Professionals, Hilary Bowman previews several topics that the health care practice group anticipates will have a significant impact on...more

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

BakerHostetler on 12/17/2018

Highlights this week include a lame duck update on year-end health bills and tax provisions; lawmakers reacting to a federal judge ruling the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional; Sen. Hatch seeks to update Hatch-Waxman;...more

Really? Trump embraces Europe’s price controls to fight high U.S. drug costs

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 10/29/2018

Days before politicians will face voters who tell pollsters they’re angry and upset about health care issues, President Trump made his first visit to the nation’s giant Health and Human Services Department to roll out a...more

Will counter-factual claims and Big Pharma cash sway critical midterm votes?

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 10/22/2018

At a time when Americans experience high anxiety and financial insecurity due to medical costs — with more than 20 percent of those with health insurance experiencing trouble paying for necessities, more than a quarter of...more

Window On Washington - Vol. 2, Issue 41

Clark Hill PLC on 10/15/2018

Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Recess. The Senate recessed last week after leadership reached an agreement to accelerate consideration of multiple juridical nominations in order to depart two weeks earlier...more

What's New In Washington - June 2018

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/13/2018

Lawmakers have returned from the Memorial Day recess and are facing a packed legislative agenda over the summer. With the announcement this week of a shortened August recess, the Senate will have more time to address...more

Health Care Policy Newsletter - June 2018

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/12/2018

Foley’s Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our “Public Policy Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest health care policy news and legislation. *Please note that we publish this newsletter only...more

Health Care Policy Newsletter - May 2018 pt 3

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/29/2018

Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our “Public Policy Weekly Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest health care policy news and legislation....more

Health Care Policy Newsletter

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/14/2018

Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our second “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest health care policy news and legislation. Please...more

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