Posted on 24 March 2021. Tags: Democrats, drug, law, Medicare, negotiating prices, prescription, prices
Democrats, newly in control of Congress and the White House, are united behind an idea that Republican lawmakers and major drugmakers fiercely oppose: empowering the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate the prices of brand-name drugs covered by Medicare.
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Posted in Finance & Work, Health
Posted on 07 January 2021. Tags: consumer, Hospital costs, law, transparency
Hospitals face the new year with new requirements to post price information they have long sought to obscure: the actual prices negotiated with insurers and the discounts they offer their cash-paying customers.
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Posted in Health, Your Money
Posted on 09 February 2020. Tags: dietary, labeling, law, supplements, United States
The Food and Drug Administration has mandated that all dietary supplement products feature updated labeling by January 2021 to reflect the evolution of the American diet.
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Posted in Healthy Lifestyle
Posted on 20 August 2019. Tags: immigration, law, Medicaid, Trump
On Aug. 12, the Trump White House proposed an 837-page rule which would deny green cards to many migrants who entered our country legally.
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Posted in Pushback
Posted on 08 July 2019. Tags: beneficiary, estate, law, Legal Matters, planning, retirement
when you sign up for a life insurance policy, retirement account such as 401 (K), IRAs, or other investment accounts, you are required to list a beneficiary who will receive the proceeds when you pass.
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Posted in Features, Legal Matters
Posted on 01 November 2017. Tags: children, elder, estate, inheritance, law
Statistically, inherited money is spent at a considerably faster rate than a person’s earned or saved money.
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Posted in Features, Legal Matters