Tag: KFF

Biden prioritises health care in State of the Union speech

Volume 403, Issue 10431
16 March 2024 

WORLD REPORT  Plans to protect reproductive rights, further reduce drug prices, and improve women’s health research have been welcomed by some experts. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.  

The State of the Union address is typically a report to Congress on the nation’s progress and goals entwined with occasional lofty rhetoric, but this one was different…. “This speech signals that health care will be a big part of President Biden’s campaign this year”, said Larry Levitt, Executive Vice President for Health Policy at KFF, formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation. [Continued here]…

Abortion foes threaten PEPFAR

Volume 402, Issue 10402
19 August 2023 

 

WORLD REPORT  Republicans question funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, one of the USA’s most effective global health programmes. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.

As Congress considers next month whether to renew funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), global health advocates fear its two decades of bipartisan support might fracture. Created by President George W Bush in 2003, the programme is often cited as proof that adversaries across the political spectrum can agree on healthcare policy. …But this time is looking different.  [Continued here.]…

US pharmaceutical companies sue to halt cuts in drug prices

Volume 402, Issue 10399
29 July 2023 

 

WORLD REPORT  Medicare will soon be able to negotiate some drug prices to reduce costs for patients and taxpayers. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.

The first set of ten drugs subject to price negotiations by the US Medicare programme will be unveiled on Sept 1, 2023, but some pharmaceutical companies and their allies are not waiting to find out which products will be on the list. So far, four manufacturers and two trade associations are suing to stop the process before it begins. [Continued here.] 

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