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Affordable Care Act premium increases are a fixable problem
25 October 2016 - The Affordable Care Act has improved and expanded health insurance to cover millions more Americans. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2016
Seizing on rising costs, Trump says health law is ‘over’
25 October 2016 - Donald J. Trump, desperate for a winning political issue in the final two weeks of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2016
Novartis CEO sees tougher U.S. drug pricing over next three-five years
25 October 2016 - Novartis expects a more difficult pricing environment for drugs in the United States in the years ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2016
Slavitt says tackling drug spending will be top priority for next CMS leader
25 October 2016 - The next leader of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will have to make drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2016
Big pharma is gearing up to defend drug prices
25 October 2016 - The skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs has been noticeably absent from discussion in the presidential debates — ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Oct 2016
Sanders urges Californians to approve drug price ballot measure
21 October 2016 - Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, in an opinion editorial published in the Los Angeles Times, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Oct 2016
Taking the initiative in healthcare: Will California voters cap drug prices?
22 October 2016 - Public anger at perceived price-gouging by drugmakers has fueled calls for lawmakers to take action. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2016
Bernie Sanders wants to know why this cancer drug costs nearly $200,000 a year
20 October 2016 - A tweet by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont decrying the price of a cancer medicine made by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Oct 2016
Pharmaceuticals and public health
20 October 2016 - The national debate over increasing costs and spending for pharmaceuticals has reached a fever pitch. Special ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Oct 2016
Binding arbitration: a flawed approach to tackling drug pricing
19 October 2016 - Addressing high drug prices has become a key priority for American health policy. Both presidential candidates ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Oct 2016
Mylan’s settlement with DOJ not tough enough, Senator says
20 October 2016 - Connecticut’s Blumenthal calling for criminal inquiry. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2016
Medicare shouldn’t pay more for drugs when others pay less
18 October 2016 - Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump don’t see eye-to-eye on much. But they do agree that drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2016
Treat pharma as a utility, and 10 other ways states can lower drug prices
19 October 2016 - As prescription drug costs continue to squeeze state budgets, a group of state health policy makers ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2016
Where Clinton will take ObamaCare
17 October 2016 - As with HillaryCare, a single payer, national health-care system has always been the goal. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2016
The biggest pharma election risk is in California
16 October 2016 - Political risks surrounding high drug prices aren’t limited to the presidential campaign. ...