Medical experts, policy advocates, and community leaders testified on the economic impact of diabetes before the Joint Economic Committee. Several topics were addressed, including the need f…
396 viewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), several other House Democrats, and advocates held a news conference on the Inflation Reduction Act. The legislati…
379 viewsRichard Gonzalez, CEO of AbbVie, testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on drug prices for two of the company’s products, Humira and Imbruvica Humira is used to treat rheu…
3,092 viewsAmgen CEO Robert Bradway, Novartis U.S. Country President Thomas Kendris, and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals CEO Mark Trudeau testified on prescription drug pricing before the House Oversight …
1,893 viewsBristol-Myers Squibb CEO Dr. Giovanni Caforio, Teva CEO Kare Schultz and former Celgene CEO Mark Alles testified on prescription drug pricing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee.…
3,017 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine high prescription drug prices. In the first panel, lawmakers heard from pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Amgen …
2,321 viewsThe House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on prescription drug prices and their impact on patients. Four patients and one advocate for lowering drug prices told the committee a…
3,323 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine how to reduce prescription drug prices. Officials from two pharmaceutical trade associations testified along si…
873 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine high prescription drug prices. In panel two, lawmakers heard from representatives from Walgreens, Blue Cross Bl…
1,080 viewsThe chief executive officer of Mylan testified at a hearing on her company’s price increase on its EpiPen, an anti-anaphylaxis injection medication. Lawmakers from both parties questioned He…
33,043 viewsInformation technology officials testified on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s HealthCare.gov Web site. The witnesses were from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,…
3,295 viewsGovernment contractors testified on their role in building the various components of Affordable Care Act’s online health insurance exchanges, and Healthcare.gov’s subsequent user technical d…
6,154 viewsCommittee members considered a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the health care law.
92 viewsRepresentative Peter Welch (D-VT) talked about the future of heath care as the Supreme Court was expected to release its decision on the 2010 health care law later in the morning. He also an…
154 viewsThe House passed the Senate version of health care legislation by a vote of 219 to 212. The House passed both the Senate health care legislation and the reconciliation bill. The reconciliati…
View in Congressional Chronicle156,838 viewsRepresentative Peter Welch talked about House Democrats' counterstrategy on Republicans' effort to repeal the 2010 health care law. He also discussed Democrats' views on tax policy and propo…
233 viewsThe House Rules Committee met to set guidelines for the January 12, 2011, floor debate to repeal the health care law enacted in March 2010. The legislation under consideration was titled “R…
903 viewsRepresentative Peter Welch talked about the latest news in the health care debate, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. He supports reconciliation but also favo…
195 viewsThe subcommittee heard testimony on reports that Anthem Blue Cross, a subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc., is increasing its premium rates by as much as 39% in the individual health insurance mark…
953 viewsThe House debated and passed health reform legislation by a vote of 220-215. One Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), voted for the bill and 39 Democrats voted against the legislation.
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