Ten Doctors on FDA Panel Reviewing Abbott Heart Device Had Financial Ties With Company
Most of the doctors the FDA tapped to advise it on an Abbott medical device had financial ties to the company. The FDA didn鈥檛 disclose the payments.
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Social Security Chief Testifies in Senate About Plans to Stop 鈥楥lawback Cruelty鈥
Commissioner Martin O鈥橫alley testifies to two Senate panels that his agency will stop the 鈥渋njustices鈥 of suspending people鈥檚 monthly benefits to recover alleged overpayments. The burden will be on the Social Security Administration to prove the beneficiary was to blame.
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VIP Health System for Top US Officials Risked Jeopardizing Care for Soldiers
The historically troubled White House Medical Unit is just one part of a government health system that gives VIP care to top officials, military officers, military retirees, and families. Pentagon investigators say some were prioritized over rank-and-file soldiers.
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Social Security Chief Apologizes to Congress for Misleading Testimony on Overpayments
Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi sent the letter days after 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News and Cox Media Group reported that the agency has been demanding money back from more than twice as many people as she鈥檇 disclosed in October testimony.
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鈥楿ntil It Is Fixed鈥: Congress Ramps Up Action on Social Security Clawbacks
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, vowed to meet monthly with Social Security officials until the problems surrounding overpayment demands are fixed.
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Social Security Clawbacks Hit a Million More People Than Agency Chief Told Congress
More than 2 million people a year have been sent notices that Social Security overpaid them and demanding they repay the money. That鈥檚 twice as many as the head of Social Security disclosed at a congressional hearing in October.
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In Congress, Calls Mount for Social Security to Address Clawbacks
In the wake of a 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News-Cox Media Group investigation, U.S. lawmakers are asking what Social Security will do about its demands on their constituents to repay money already distributed 鈥 and sometimes in error. Sen. Rick Scott called the agency鈥檚 actions 鈥渦nacceptable.鈥
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Biden Pick to Lead Social Security Pledges Action on 鈥楬eartbreaking鈥 Clawbacks
At a Senate confirmation hearing, former Maryland Gov. Martin O鈥橫alley said he would address hardships the Social Security agency has caused by demanding money back from beneficiaries.
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Senators Demand Answers From Social Security on Clawbacks Tied to Covid Relief
Covid relief payments weren鈥檛 supposed to cost people their Social Security benefits, but some recipients say they did. Senators want to know why.
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Under Fire, Social Security Chief Vows 鈥楾op-to-Bottom鈥 Review of Payment Clawbacks
Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi was pressed by a House Ways and Means subcommittee to explain why so many poor, disabled, or retired people are suddenly hit with demands that can reach tens of thousands of dollars or more.
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Covid Relief Payments Triggered Feds to Demand Money Back From Social Security Recipients
Some Social Security beneficiaries say the government is clawing back benefits after they received covid stimulus payments that were supposed to be exempt from asset limits.
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House Panel to Hold Hearing on Erroneous Social Security Payments
Congress is beginning to take action on the Social Security Administration鈥檚 clawbacks of payments it mistakenly made to poor, retired, and disabled Americans.
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Social Security Chief Orders Broad Review of Benefit Overpayments聽
In the wake of an investigation by 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News and Cox Media Group, the聽SSA acting commissioner said a special team will聽review 鈥渙verpayment policies and procedures鈥 and report directly back to her.
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Social Security Overpayments Draw Scrutiny and Outrage From Members of Congress
Lawmakers are faulting the Social Security Administration for issuing billions of dollars of payments that beneficiaries weren鈥檛 entitled to receive 鈥 and then demanding the money back 鈥 in the wake of an investigation by 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News and Cox Media Group.
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Social Security Overpays Billions to People, Many on Disability. Then It Demands the Money Back.
Beneficiaries in five states described what happened when they received letters calling on them to return overpayments that can reach tens of thousands of dollars or more.
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5 Things to Know About the New Drug Pricing Negotiations
The Biden administration unveiled the first 10 drugs subject to price negotiations, taking a swipe at the pharmaceutical industry. But what does it mean for patients?
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Legal Pot Is More Potent Than Ever 鈥 And Still Largely Unregulated
As marijuana has become far more mainstream, potent, and sometimes dangerous, uneven regulation at the state and federal levels leaves consumers at risk.
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Installing 8 Panelists To Preventive Services Task Force, RFK Jr. Departs From The Norm
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Organization That Sets Standards For Medical Residents Weighs Reducing Rest Periods Between Shifts
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Pennsylvania's Measles Scare Grows As Philadelphia Children's Hospital Reports Possible NICU Exposure
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