WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- BJC Health System, St. Louis, Missouri, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the fiscal year 2026 Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System. The letter emphasizes the importance of policy adjustments that would better support hospital-based pediatric ESRD programs and ensure equitable treatment for patients. In its correspondence, BJC underscored the critical role that hospital-bas  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. P30-12) on August 2025 by Sara B. Robinson and Sam A. Shirazi entitled "Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: 2023." Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This report presents summary statistics from the 2023 data released by the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program of the U.S. Census Bureau in December 2024./1 Each year, the SAIPE program provides timely and reliable estimates of   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2025: * * * CBO: Democrats Covered Up Widespread Fraud and Abuse in Federal Health Programs Recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms that Democrats conducted a years-long, massive cover-up to defraud American taxpayers in order to subsidize fraud, waste, and abuse in federal health programs, including using loopholes to pro  more