“To all those impacted, I am deeply, deeply sorry,” said UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty of the impact of a cyberattack on one of its companies, Change Healthcare, in February 2024. Mr. …
2,761 viewsThe Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing to examine the rising shortage of minority health care professionals and the maternal mortality crisis among minorit…
569 views“The CDC is a critical national security asset,” said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Mandy Cohen during her testimony on the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemi…
2,099 viewsHealth care executives testified on artificial intelligence (AI) before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. They examined the practical uses of AI, as well as the ethical c…
863 viewsMary Denigan-Macauley, health care director at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), testified on a new report of how federal agencies are addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Sh…
885 viewsPresident Trump delivered remarks on transparency in health care pricing. He announced his intent to sign an executive order that requires hospitals and insurance companies to disclose prici…
5,347 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 …
2,335 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…
874 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…
1,082 viewsThe House Rules Committee held a hearing on the Medicare for All Act of 2019. The legislative proposal was introduced by Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and …
6,073 viewsCurrent and former state and federal health care officials testified at a hearing on extending funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which was set to expire at the end …
808 viewsRepresentative Michael Burgess (R-TX) and Andrew Slavitt debated the accuracy of the Congressional Budget Office’s scoring methodology for health care bills. This discussion was one of sever…
270 viewsRepresentative Michael Burgess (R-TX), a physician and chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, talked about Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Car…
791 viewsNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Director John Howard testified at a hearing on the bill to reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Vict…
578 viewsHealth and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius testified on the implementation of the Healthcare.gov Web site. In her opening statement she said in she had launched an internal review of the fl…
1,904 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…
6,163 viewsRepresentatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Michael Burgess (R-TX) spoke at a National Journal forum on the impact of the Affordable Care Act. Health policy experts from various organizations al…
269 viewsGary Cohen testified on the readiness of health care exchanges required by the law to be set up by October 1, 2013. He was director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Overs…
217 viewsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner testified on implementation of the online insurance exchanges as required in health care law.
500 viewsWitnesses testified about implementation of the Affordable Care Act and on proposals to reform the Medicaid program. They focused on expansion of Medicaid by states, costs of expansion, and …
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