Category: federal health care funding

Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on Critical Shortage of Doctors, Nurses

Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) said it’s obvious America has a problem when it comes to health care. “Simply put … a significant percentage of our population live in places where they cannot access the health care they desperately need,” Sanders said as he opened a hearing by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)…


Supreme Court Will Hear Pharma Fraud Cases Against SuperValu and Safeway

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a whistleblower-initiated case that pharmacy operators SuperValu and Safeway submitted false Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement claims for prescription drugs. The case is considered to be important because it could have an impact on the government’s ability to crack down on health care fraud. Lawsuits brought by whistleblowers allege…


Supreme Court Will Hear Pharma Fraud Cases Against SuperValu, Safeway

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a whistleblower-initiated case that pharmacy operators SuperValu and Safeway submitted false Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement claims for prescription drugs. The case is considered to be important because it could impact the government’s ability to crack down on health care fraud. Lawsuits brought by whistleblowers allege the two supermarket…


Provincial Leaders Want More Federal Money for Health Care, Plan to Meet in Fall

OTTAWA—Canada’s premiers are reiterating a call for more federal health care funding. Following a conference call, the premiers issued a statement Thursday asking the federal government to increase its share of overall health spending to 35 percent from 22 percent. Earlier in the week, the western premiers agreed to push the federal government to lay…