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WASHINGTON, DC / ACCESSWIRE / February 10, 2023 / Yesterday, 29 patient, provider, and consumer organizations representing a wide range of illnesses and health conditions filed an amicus brief in support of a case brought against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute , the Diabetes Leadership Council , the Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition , and three patients. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the lawsuit challenges the federal 2021 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters rule, which allows health insurers to avoid counting the value of drug manufacturer copay assistance toward patients'' out-of-pocket cost obligations. Plaintiffs recently filed a motion for summary judgment, asserting that the rule violates cost-sharing requirements mandated by the Affordable Care Act and is also arbitrary and capricious. The amicus brief organized by Aimed Alliance demonstrates how copay accumulator policies acutely harm the patient community.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ((HHS)) announced that Medicare will start collecting rebates from drugmakers in 2025 when they raise prescription drug prices faster…

HHS officials in call with reporters laid out what the the public can expect when the emergency ends.

Plans are moving forward at the US Department of Health and Human Services to prepare for the end of the nation''s Covid-19 public health emergency declaration in May.

(Image by HeungSoon from Pixabay ) By Katelynn Richardson Daily Caller News Foundation Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tuesday over the agency’s guidance mandating pharmacies provide abortion pills regardless of state law. The HHS issued the guidance in July 2022, citing federal anti-discrimination law and threatening to pull Medicaid and Medicare funds from pharmacies that do not comply. The lawsuit argues that the guidance contradicts the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which found no constitutional right to an abortion and kicked the ability to pass regulations back to the state level. “The guidance makes clear that as recipients of federal financial assistance, including Medicare and Medicaid payments, pharmacies are prohibited under law from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability in their programs and activities,” the HHS wrote last July.

Florida is suing the FDA and HHS in a bid to begin importing prescription drugs from Canada to make them cheaper in the U.S. The legislature passed a law importing the imports in 2019.

The federal government warned that it anticipates running out of money to purchase or distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses as early as January next year without funding from Congress and is preparing to offload the bill for vaccine doses, tests, and antivirals to insurers and people.

Groups representing HIV and diabetes patients are trying to scrap a Medicare rule they say leaves sick patients stuck with higher drug costs, by preventing them from applying billions of dollars in assistance against their insurance deductibles. The big picture: A federal suit filed by the groups on Tuesday takes up the bigger question of whether pharmaceutical companies can cover…

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday announced it is providing about $11 million of funding to support domestic production of the Jynneos smallpox vaccine being used to limit the spread of the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. HHS said in a statement that the funds would be used to support manufacturing at the…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ((HHS)) on Monday said it would provide about $11M to fund and support the fill and finish of Bavarian Nordic''s (BVNRY) (BVNKF)…