Medicare Drug Coverage Is Often Inadequate—Here’s Why
She learned that she would have to try, and "fail," on two other drugs before Medicare would cover the new one.
Attack drug costs
Recently, a letter to the editor I wrote was published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on the subject of skyrocketing health-care costs, inclusive of rising pharmaceutical drug prices. I referenced ...
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Drug Costs and Their Impact on Care: Insights from Medicare Patients and Providers
Providers are sympathetic to Medicare enrollees’ concerns but don’t agree on their role in helping patients find less costly ...
Bad medicine? Trump targets overhead costs for research grants, gets pushback from universities
The change could cost the University of Utah millions of dollars, and will hit other higher ed institutions as well.
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Pharmalittle: We’re reading about tariffs’ effect on drug costs, a scrapped vaccine plant expansion, and more
This would reverse progress toward curbing drug shortages. AstraZeneca scrapped plans to invest $558.3 million in its vaccine ...
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Gillibrand seeks to cap out-of-pocket drug costs
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is proposing legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs. The Capping Prescription ...
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Understanding the Inflation Reduction Act’s Impact on Prescription Drug Costs
The root of the U.S.’s high prescription drug prices lies in its unique system, which allows pharmaceutical manufacturers to ...
Trump tariffs could raise medication costs and exacerbate shortages
President Donald Trump's steep tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China could worsen exist­ing drug short­ages in the U.S. and ...
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Stuart Piltch Offers Insight on Cigna’s Initiative to Lower Patient Drug Costs
Stuart Piltch, president of Risk Strategies Consulting and a seasoned expert in healthcare and insurance, offers his ...
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Cancer Treatment Costs Leave Many Canadians Struggling
Canadian Cancer Society reports draw attention to the disease’s financial burden on patients, which includes the toll of ...