Medicare

26 Nov

Understanding the Trump Administration’s Negotiated Drug Prices for Medicare

RandyLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has just announced the prices that the federal government negotiated for 15 high-cost drugs covered by Part D, Medicare’s prescription drug benefit program, including the popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. This brings to a close the second round of Medicare’s Drug Price Negotiation Program, which was created by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 under the Biden administration. These negotiated prices will take effect in Medicare in January 2027.

08 Nov

New Brunswick to allow medicare to pay for surgical abortions outside hospitals

MollyInternational, Latest NewsAbortion Care, Canada, Health care, Holt Government, Medicare, New Brunswick, Surgical Abortions

"Surgical abortions administered outside hospitals in New Brunswick will now be fully funded by medicare, Premier Susan Holt announced Thursday, reversing a controversial rule from 1984 that limited the procedure’s availability across the province. Before the change, the government would only cover the cost of the surgical procedures if they were performed in one of three hospitals. Holt, whose Liberals came to power in an election last month, said her government’s decision is an important first step to improve abortion access. “We believe that abortion is health care, and that everyone deserves access to the care that they need, when…