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What states are doing to combat rising prescription drug prices
24 February 2020 - Prescription drug-price transparency alone is not enough to stem skyrocketing costs, but it is considered an important ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Feb 2020
3 actions Congress can take to reduce drug prices
21 February 2020 - The high prices Americans pay for drugs has emerged as a major health policy concern. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Feb 2020
Stalled initiatives to cut drug prices frustrate Trump
21 February 2020 - President seeks a signature accomplishment on the high-profile issue, as polling shows unfavorable public opinion. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2020
Canadian regulator considers changes to new drug pricing plan
20 February 2020 - Canada’s drug pricing agency is contemplating significant changes to how it will apply new regulations aimed at ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Feb 2020
How the drug lobby lost its mojo in Washington
19 February 2020 - A rift between the GOP and its longtime pharmaceutical-industry allies is shaking up policy, as Republicans and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2020
After a new version of a decades-old drug gets orphan status, the price suddenly skyrockets
12 February 2020 - For years, hospitals and clinics have used an injectable medicine called dehydrated alcohol to treat such ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Feb 2020
How protected classes in Medicare Part D influence U.S. drug sales, utilisation, and price
13 February 2020 - When the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit was implemented in 2006, six drug classes were designated ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Feb 2020
The grass is the same colour, part II: prescription drug woes on both sides of the US-Canada border
13 February 2020 - Which industrialised nation with a fractured health care system and a divided government is having a high-stakes ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Feb 2020
Drug prices are suppressed overseas, White House study finds
13 February 2020 - Foreign governments accused of taking unfair advantage of U.S. company research. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2020
AARP, United Healthcare and CVS keep prescription drug prices higher for seniors
11 February 2020 - Even under Medicare, older Americans are paying a high price for AARP. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2020
U.S. Senate's McConnell cites hurdles to agreement on lowering drug prices
11 February 2020 - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he did not know whether law makers ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2020
In re-election bid, a GOP law maker campaigns on Pelosi’s drug pricing bill
11 February 2020 - In the months before House Democrats passed their aggressive drug negotiation bill, GOP law makers derisively ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2020
In their words: Warren, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and other Democrats explain exactly how they’d lower drug prices
10 November 2020 - Every single Democratic presidential candidate agrees that the federal government should take a far more aggressive ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2020
Trump eyes drug price cuts after his health care record is attacked
11 February 2020 - Trump called for bipartisan legislation in State of the Union. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Feb 2020
Extreme regulations to lower drug prices mean Canada will get fewer new drugs
7 February 2020 - Severe price cuts would clearly discourage pharmaceutical manufacturers from launching new drugs in Canada. ...