NE Washington News

Lawmakers urge GAO review of CMS's new Medicare Part D premium stabilization program

By NE Washington News | Aug 6, 2024

Lawmakers are calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the Medicare Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration recently announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), noting its dubious legality and the danger it poses to health care affordability for seniors. The effort comes as part of a letter to GAO from House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID), and House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO).

NE Washington News area weekly mass times

By NE Washington News | Aug 3, 2024

The following parishes in the NE Washington News coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

Where were the cheapest places to fill up on midgrade gas in cities in Stevens County in week ending July 27?

By NE Washington News | Aug 2, 2024

The only price of midgrade gas in cities throughout Stevens County was found at a single gas station in the week ending July 27, according to customer reports submitted to GasBuddy.com.

House committee seeks answers from UCSF over allegations of antisemitic harassment

By NE Washington News | Aug 1, 2024

Washington, D.C. — In a new letter to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) press for information regarding antisemitic harassment and intimidation at UCSF and its associated medical centers under UCSF Health.