Murray Plans To Add Accelerated Approval Reforms To User Fee Bill

Senate health committee Chair Patty Murray plans to add accelerated approval reforms to the FDA user fee legislation her committee is working on, an aide to the Washington Democrat said. The House Energy & Commerce Committee on Wednesday unanimously voted for a user fee bill that includes accelerated approval reforms, including some requested by FDA. “Senator Murray is still looking at ideas on accelerated approvals reform and would like to get something done in a bipartisan way in the final...
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Inside Drug Pricing - 05/23/2022
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Georgetown’s CHIR Launches Public Option Center

Georgetown University’s Center for Health Insurance Reform this week launched a new resource center for state and federal policymakers interested in pursuing a public health insurance option. The new center -- Understanding the Public Health Insurance Option -- offers comprehensive online research on public option designs, testimony, analysis and other assistance and educational materials that could be presented at conferences, hearings or other events. Christine Monahan, assistant research professor at CHIR, is heading the new project, which she says aims...
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Health Exchange Alert Weekly Report - 05/25/2022
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Advocates: States Can Use Extra PHE Time To Get Redeterminations Right

There are certain policies states can adopt now -- ex parte redeterminations and letting people renew online or over the phone -- to avoid making the 16 million Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries predicted to lose their coverage a reality once the public health emergency ends, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities experts say. Medicaid beneficiaries were relieved on Monday (May 16) when the Biden administration’s silence indicated it will renew the public health emergency declaration beyond mid-July, giving states more...
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