March 17, 2026 Round 3 Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Begin The manufacturers of the 15 drugs selected for the next round of Medicare price negotiations all agreed to come to the table, setting the stage for the next phase to begin.
February 02, 2026 A Focus on Affordability More than 4 in 10 voters indicate the cost of health care will impact their votes heading into the midterm elections.
January 28, 2026 CMS Picks Next Drugs for Medicare Price Negotiations CMS this week announced the next 15 prescription drugs selected to participate in its Medicare drug price negotiation program for 2026.
December 03, 2025 CMS Announces Savings from Medicare Price Negotiation Program CMS will save $12 billion on the 15 commonly used drugs included in the second phase of the agency’s price negotiation program, federal officials announced late last month.
October 14, 2025 What to Know: Medicare Open Enrollment Tomorrow marks open enrollment for the nearly 3 million Pennsylvanians with Medicare coverage.
October 01, 2025 The Federal Government Has Shut Down. Now What? The federal government has officially shut down after Congress failed to reach a last-minute deal ahead of its September 30 funding deadline.
September 17, 2025 What’s in the Stopgap Funding Bill? Congress has until the end of the month to pass a bill to avert a government shutdown, and a House committee funding proposal released this week extends several key health care provisions.
September 10, 2025 Study: Hospital Outpatient Care Often More Complex Patients on Medicare who are treated at hospital outpatient departments (HOPD) are likely to be more complicated to treat than those seen at independent physician offices (IPO), according to a new study by the American Hospital Association (AHA).
August 26, 2025 Federal Government Launches New Health Care Advisory Committee The federal government is launching a new health care advisory committee that will provide input on how care is financed and delivered across Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
August 19, 2025 H.R.1 Could Require Nearly $500B in Medicare Cuts, CBO Says Medicare could see nearly $500 billion in cuts stemming from the budget reconciliation bill over the next decade, per analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).