Joseph Choi

Presented by Express Scripts by Evernorth — TK {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story High price tag bolsters ACA tax credit opposition One of the biggest health care fights that will occur in Congress next year has an official price tag: Permanently extending ObamaCare’s tax credits would increase the deficit by $335...

Presented by Guardant Health — Democrats worry a future Trump administration could use the law to severely limit or effectively ban abortion {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Democrats target 'zombie law' to protect against abortion bans Democrats in the House and Senate introduced legislation Thursday to overhaul a long-dormant law they worry...

Presented by Guardant Health — This came two weeks after the House grilled Anthony Fauci on the matter. {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Fight over COVID origins moves to Senate The Democratically controlled Senate held a hearing on the origins of the coronavirus, just over two weeks after former White House...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Sanders drops subpoena threat against Novo Nordisk Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, is no longer threatening to subpoena a top executive from Novo Nordisk over the company’s pricing of popular weight loss drugs...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Friday dropped his pursuit of a subpoena for a top pharmaceutical executive after the company's CEO agreed to testify before the Senate later this year. Sanders announced earlier this week that he would hold a vote to subpoena Doug Langa, the executive vice president of North America operations for Novo Nordisk, because...

Two Senate bills from different sides of the aisle aimed at protecting access to in vitro fertilization were voted down this week amid bipartisan squabbling. The Right to IVF Act — sponsored by Democratic Sens. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.), Patty Murray (Wash.) and Cory Booker (N.J.) — and the IVF Protection Act — sponsored by Republican...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Lawmakers slam FDA, DOJ for lack of illicit vaping enforcement Senators from both sides of the aisle had strong words for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) for their lax enforcement of illicit...

A federal advisory panel on Monday voted in favor of recommending Eli Lilly's new drug that is under consideration for its potential to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee met on Monday to discuss Eli Lilly's donanemab. The committee's voting members...

House Republicans say they aren't finished with Anthony Fauci. Emboldened by newly uncovered emails showing attempts by top aides to evade public record laws and lingering anger over coronavirus mitigation efforts, Republicans say they want to bring criminal charges against the nation's former top infectious diseases official. Fauci was widely viewed as the public face...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story House Democrats work to force a vote on contraception Democrats in the lower chamber on Tuesday announced a plan to try to force a vote on legislation to protect access to contraception. © AP Minority Whip Katherine...