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The AHA today expressed concerns with the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (S. 386/H.R.1044), legislation that would eliminate the per-country cap for immigrant visas.
Reps. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., and Larry Bucshon, R-Ind., have introduced the Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2019, which would create federal programs to promote the use of use cost-effective biosimilar drugs.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce today held a hearing to examine how pharmaceutical companies are putting 鈥減rofits over consumers."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today updated the number of people with confirmed or probable lung injuries associated with electronic cigarette use or vaping products to 530 in 38 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands, including seven deaths.
Rep. Roger Marshall, M.D., R-Kan., today hosted at the Library of Congress a briefing and expert panel on human trafficking and how health care providers can help trafficking victims.
According to a committee summary, the draft bill would provide $93.4 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human Services, an increase of $2.9 billion over FY 2019.
鈥淚n just the first half of 2019, we have seen multi-billion dollar acquisitions announced by Pfizer and Roche in addition to the proposed AbbVie and Bristol-Myers deals,鈥 they wrote.
The state of Tennessee yesterday released for public comment a proposal to convert the bulk of federal funding for its Medicaid program to a block grant.
For the fourth consecutive year, AHA sponsored the Annual Congressional Black Caucus Spouses鈥 Community Breakfast and Health Fair for disadvantaged men and women.
A federal judge yesterday ruled in favor of the AHA and hospital organizations saying that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services exceeded its statutory authority when it reduced payments for hospital outpatient services provided in off-campus provider-based departments grandfathered鈥