Policy and Legislation
PBM provision, silver loading left out of final version of One Big Beautiful Bill Act due to Byrd Rule.
AHA: "The number of individuals who will lose health coverage - cannot be simply dismissed as waste, fraud, and abuse."
The policy would have prevented PBMs from having their compensation linked to the list price of medications.
Fund will fall short of addressing other bill provisions such as provider tax cuts, says National Rural Health Association.
Medicare expects to pay $6.9 billion to about 7,600 end-stage renal disease facilities, the agency says.