Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Look at the FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Rule, with James Kohm, Associate Director of Enforcement Division of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection
On June 12, 2025, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Angus King (I-Maine) introduced the End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act, with Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Dick Durbin...more
President Trump’s highly publicized executive order 14297, titled “Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients,” targets the discrepancy in drug pricing in the United States compared with...more
As promised, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) filed a brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the district court’s holding that the Secretary lacked the...more
In 2018, the administration published its Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices for U.S. citizens. The Blueprint included 12 proposed actions by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)....more
CMS Regulation - District Court Strikes Down Rule Mandating Price Disclosure in DTC Pharmaceutical Advertisements - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), together with the Centers for Medicare &...more
On October 15, CMS released a proposed rule titled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Drug Pricing Transparency,” which would require direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertisements for prescription drugs covered by Medicare or...more
Last week Health and Human Services (HHS) released its Statement of Regulatory Priorities for Fiscal Year 2019. Several of the FY19 priorities include: (1) combatting the opioid crisis; (2) strengthening individual health...more
The Trump Administration is moving full speed ahead with its proposals under the Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices (the “Blueprint”). Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed...more