The medtech industry should expect legislation to gain attention in the US Senate in the coming months to lower health-care costs and promote transparency to allow cost-conscious patients to shop for the most effective and lowest-priced surgical and advanced imaging procedures, as well as bills to repeal the device tax, key Senate health players say.

The White House will be spending $86m to provide tens of millions of coronavirus masks to poorer American households.

At two recent confirmation hearings, HHS secretary nominee Xavier Becerra promised Senators he would help expand telehealth and procedure price transparency.