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**FILE** Joe Biden (Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inHealth, Politics, Stacy M. Brown

Biden Administration Secures Historic Victory in Medicare Drug Price Negotiations, Projected to Save Billions

by Stacy M. BrownAugust 15, 2024August 15, 2024

The Biden administration has successfully negotiated substantial price reductions for 10 of Medicare’s most expensive prescription drugs, saving U.S. taxpayers $6 billion and Medicare beneficiaries $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs during the first year of implementation.

**FILE** Fighting against the recent budget proposal by House Republicans, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are intensifying their efforts to lower health care costs and safeguard crucial provisions of the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid and Medicare. (WI photo)
Posted inPolitics, Stacy M. Brown

Biden and Harris Fight Against House Republicans’ Budget Threatening Health Care

by Stacy M. BrownMarch 27, 2024March 27, 2024
**FILE** The Republican Study Committee, representing most of the House GOP, has unveiled a plan that slashes Medicare, Social Security, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) while favoring tax cuts for the wealthy. (WI photo)
Posted inPolitics, Stacy M. Brown

House Republicans Propose Budget to Cut Medicare, Social Security and ACA While Favoring Wealthy

by Stacy M. BrownMarch 21, 2024March 21, 2024
Former Prince George's County State’s Attorney Glenn Ivey, who won the Democratic nomination on July 19 to represent the 4th Congressional District, speaks at a press conference on June 30. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inPrince George's County

Prince George’s Political Updates: Legislation Banning PFAS from Firefighter Equipment; Medicare to Cover Multi-Cancer Screenings

by WI Web EditorJuly 26, 2023July 26, 2023
Tim Barrage, a "Papa pal," takes a break from doing yardwork for Gloria Bailey outside her home in Akron, Ohio. Bailey's Medicare Advantage health plan, SummaCare, contracts with Papa Inc., which provides workers to provide companionship, perform light housekeeping, and run errands. Barrage usually visits Bailey once a week for two hours. (John Tomsick)
Posted inHealth, Health Supplements, Supplements

Medicare Advantage Plans Send Pals to Seniors’ Homes for Companionship — and Profits

by WI Web EditorMay 11, 2022May 11, 2022
One of the dental stations inside the Susan Denison Mona Center in Temple Hills, which plans to open Oct. 9, is seen here. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity, Health, William J. Ford

Loophole in Medicaid Omits Dental Coverage for Needy Adults in Maryland

by William J. FordJanuary 25, 2022January 25, 2022
**FILE** An organ and tissue donor memorial at Jackson Memorial Hospital (Jeffrey Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images)
Posted inHealth

Need for Organ and Tissue Donors Greater than Ever; Waiting List Grows

by WI Guest AuthorApril 19, 2019December 21, 2021
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media while meeting with the President of Poland Andrzej Duda at the oval office in the White House on September 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. Duda is on his first trip to the White House. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis-Pool via Getty Images)
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Health Care — Not Trump — on Voters’ Minds for Midterms

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.October 31, 2018October 31, 2020
Former NAACP President Ben Jealous formally announces his candidacy for Maryland governor in front of his cousin's floral business in Baltimore on May 31. (Travis Riddick/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity, Politics

Jealous Fine-Tunes Health Care Proposal

by William J. FordFebruary 16, 2018October 31, 2020
Former NAACP President and Maryland gubernatorial hopeful Ben Jealous participates in a candidate's forum at Montgomery College in Germantown on Oct. 14. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Md. Gubernatorial Hopeful Jealous Unveils Plan to Provide Health Care for All

by William J. FordDecember 6, 2017October 31, 2020

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