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The CMS said the program, which went into effect last year to stabilize Part D premiums and enrollment, isn’t needed anymore. One researcher said some enrollees could see higher premium increases in 2027 as a result.
Read full article →The Trump administration announced that it will end a subsidy program that aimed to keep premiums low for Medicare Part D beneficiaries.
Read full article →Former White House medical adviser and COVID-19 czar Dr. Anthony Fauci is set to face a contempt vote in a Senate panel next week after he asserted his Fifth Amendment rights during a hearing about his response to the pandemic. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said it was an...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- So far, pregnancies among the first women treated with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for autoimmune rheumatologic diseases have proceeded without any concerns, researchers reported. With 14 pregnancies occurring...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The sodium channel blocker LTG-001, an investigational selective Nav1.8 inhibitor, reduced pain scores more than placebo for 2 days after abdominoplasty, a phase IIb trial showed. The primary endpoint was the time-weighted sum...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Four Democratic lawmakers have questioned whether HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family will profit from a sizeable settlement involving Merck's human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Gardasil). In a letter dated July 28...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA licensed Ezplaz, the first freeze-dried plasma product available to adults in need of transfusion, on Wednesday. Ezplaz is intended for patients who need plasma -- such as those who are bleeding, need massive transfusion...
Read full article →A survey of 112 health system executives finds that Epic’s hold on hospital IT keeps getting stronger — but startups still have a shot, provided they solve a specific problem, prove strong ROI or offer a product that Epic is lagging behind on. The post Epic-First Doesn’t Mean Epic-Only: Where Hospitals Are Still Buying from Startups appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →Latigo Biotherapeutics published positive data for an acute-pain drug meant to rival a Vertex medicine already on the market
Read full article →Federal subsidies that have helped defray insurers' Medicare drug costs will disappear at the end of the year. Millions of beneficiaries could face higher premiums in 2027.
Read full article →Nutrition advocates and public health experts are mystified by the decision to eliminate the landmark nutrition education program SNAP-Ed.
Read full article →Dozens of people who grew up around Philadelphia learned decades later they shared the same biological father, a pioneering infertility doctor. Many bonded, created a family and hold reunions.
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