A Florida physician doesn’t have to answer a federal disability bias claim over the inaccessibility of her medical offices because her move to a new location mooted the claim, a federal district court in Florida said.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s legislation to have Medicare negotiate prices for some costly drugs moved closer to the House floor after it was approved by the House Education and Labor and Energy and Commerce Committees yesterday. Democrats love the measure, but it has no public support from conservatives or the White House, suggesting it may not gain traction in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Mark Lanier used a block of cheese and a hay bale as props in a St. Louis courtroom last year to make his case that
Medicaid will take a larger slice of state budgets in fiscal year 2020 as total program spending is expected to grow at more than twice the 2019 rate—even though enrollment is projected to remain virtually flat.
A House panel advanced a bill on a party-line vote to direct the government to negotiate the price of certain drugs, likely targeting products from companies like
Emergency room patients in New York state who have individual health insurance plans will get more protection from “surprise” bills under legislation signed Oct. 17 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).