 Health Care |
Health Care |
|
|
What to watch for at NIH nominee's hearing |
President Biden's pick to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will get a confirmation hearing Wednesday when she appears before the Senate HELP Committee. |
© National Institutes of Health |
Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) had previously refused to hold a hearing for Monica Bertagnolli over a disagreement with the White House about lowering the cost of prescription drugs. The standoff went on for months, but Sanders backed off in September, citing a new contract between the Department of Health and Human Services and Regeneron about COVID-19 therapeutics, as well as a pledge from the White House to keep working on ways to lower drug costs. Bertagnolli, a cancer surgeon who has led the National Cancer Institute since October, was nominated in May. The top post of NIH has been vacant since Francis Collins left the agency in December 2021. Lawrence Tabak has served as acting director ever since. Sanders has met with Bertagnolli, but he hasn't disclosed what they talked about. He has previously called for specific policies from the administration, such as reinstating an NIH requirement that forces companies to sell a drug at a "reasonable" price when it's developed with research help from the federal government, taking into consideration its production cost, public need and taxpayer investment. Sanders also wants the federal government to exercise its "march-in rights" to seize drug patents to license them out to other manufacturers to lower their prices, something the administration has repeatedly declined to do. On the other side of the aisle, a spokesman for HELP Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said the senator will want to hear from Bertagnolli about "her plan to address the eroded public trust in the NIH and the need to make the agency more transparent and accountable to Congress and its oversight authority." The spokesman said Cassidy will also discuss the need to give the committee clear answers regarding her views on the use of fetal tissue and embryonic stem cell research. |
Welcome to The Hill's Health Care newsletter, we're Nathaniel Weixel and Joseph Choi — every week we follow the latest moves on how Washington impacts your health. |
|
|
How policy will be impacting the health care sector this week and beyond: |
|
|
New preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates more than a third of people who could benefit from preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV received a prescription for it in 2022. Expanding PrEP use is a key part of the CDC’s Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative, which aims to cut down HIV infections in the country by 90 percent by 2030. PrEP has been available in … |
| |
| Editor’s note: This reference in this file to Ohio’s November ballot referendum has been corrected. Anti-abortion groups in Ohio think they have the formula to break their movement's nationwide losing streak. Early voting is already underway ahead of a November ballot referendum, which if passed would enshrine reproductive freedom in the state constitution and allow abortion up to viability. Anti-abortion leaders … |
| |
|
Hundreds of people were killed after an airstrike fell on a hospital Tuesday in Gaza City, Palestinian officials said, with Gaza and Israel trading blame for one of the deadliest strikes on Gaza in years.
|
| |
|
We hold a deep respect for the value of every mind. |
|
|
Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday will examine ways to crack down on deceptive marketing practices during Medicare Advantage annual enrollment.
- A House Ways and Means subcommittee on Thursday will look at investigating pandemic fraud.
- A House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee on Thursday holds a hearing on methods to combat veteran suicide.
|
|
|
Branch out with a different read from The Hill: |
|
|
Maryland medical waste incinerator to pay $1.75M fine for exposing public to biohazardous material |
BALTIMORE (AP) — A medical waste processing company has pleaded guilty to dozens of environment-related charges and agreed to pay $1.75 million in fines after state prosecutors in Maryland accused a south Baltimore incineration plant owned by the firm of exposing the public to biohazardous material. The waste comes from hospitals, laboratories … | |
|
Local and state headlines on health care: |
- Alaska tribal health groups, Mayo Clinic to partner for study on tobacco cessation (Alaska Public Media)
- Georgia reinstates Medicaid coverage for thousands who got kicked off after error in renewals (GBP.org)
- Insured rates up, but Nevada Medicaid still struggles decade after expansion (Nevada Independent)
|
|
|
Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Lab leak fight casts chill over virology research (New York Times)
- As the number of vaccines for pregnant women rises, so does vaccine hesitancy (NBC News)
- New playground, new court, new classroom? Thank Ozempic. (Wall Street Journal)
- When Medicare paid doctors differently, fewer patients had heart problems (Stat)
|
|
|
Most read stories on The Hill right now: |
|
|
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) blasted Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in an impassioned speech nominating Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) for Speaker … Read more |
| Rep. Jim Jordan and his allies took Tuesday afternoon to regroup after a vote in the House earlier in the day had 20 Republicans come out against his … Read more |
|
|
Opinions related to health submitted to The Hill: |
|
|
You're all caught up. See you tomorrow! |
1625 K Street NW, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20006 |
Copyright © 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. |
|
|
|
If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely unsubscribe.
No comments:
Post a Comment