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Watch PRI and Pioneer Institute webinar on impact of ICER on patient access, equity, and innovation
PRI and Pioneer Institute
July 19, 2021
Watch a webinar hosted by PRI and the Pioneer Institute on the importance of protecting treatment access, innovation, and equity as Washington considers drug pricing reforms. PRI's Dr. Wayne Winegarden and other policy experts explore the current policy landscape on treatment value and access and how policy proposals that lean on the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, or ICER, and similar approaches could impact patient access to life-saving medications.
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This Medicare Change Should Concern Seniors
Washington Examiner | Sally C. Pipes
July 26, 2021
Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced ([link removed]) plans to cut Medicare's payment rates to physicians by nearly 4%. The announcement comes just days before the program turns 56 on July 30.
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Democrats $3.5 Trillion Budget Leaves the Health Care Sector as Broken as Ever
Newsmax | Sally C. Pipes
July 22, 2021
Consider its proposed expansion of Medicaid. Obamacare ordered states to make all residents earning up to 138% of the federal poverty level eligible for the program. The U.S. Supreme Court later made that expansion optional; 12 states have exercised their rights under the high court’s decision.
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