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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2023
HHS finalises rule to strengthen Medicare, improve access to affordable prescription drug coverage and hold private insurance companies accountable to delivering quality health care for America’s seniors and people with disabilities
5 April 2023 - Thanks to President Biden’s new law to lower prescription drug costs, the final rule will also ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2023
Does insulin price reduction suggest a path forward for lowering drug costs?
29 March 2023 - The crisis in cost of medications has increasingly focused on insulin. The Inflation Reduction Act caps insulin ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2023
Diabetes treatment can be incredibly costly. But the biggest cost is (surprisingly) not insulin.
19 March 2023 - Millions of Americans with diabetes have cheered as drug makers slashed the price of insulin, the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2023
Patent system key to lower drug prices, experts say
9 March 2023 - Following the Biden administration’s progress towards lowering prescription drug prices with Medicare price negotiations, some industry ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2023
New drugs are coming to market at sky-high prices
9 March 2023 - Trend follows rising pressure on companies to rein in repeat or annual price hikes for older drugs/ ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2023
'Death sentence' for mum with skin cancer without $100k for the drugs she needs
3 March 2023 - Jen Rowlands, 43, faces certain death from terminal cancer without a specific drug that could radically improve ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2023
Ultra-fast insulin drug Fiasp to be removed from PBS making it unaffordable for many diabetes sufferers
2 March 2023 - For the past six months, 14-year-old Freya Goldston has attended more school, swimming training and increased her ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2023
Lilly cuts insulin prices by 70% and caps patient insulin out of pocket costs at $35 per month
1 March 2023 - Eli Lilly today announced price reductions of 70% for its most commonly prescribed insulins and an expansion ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Feb 2023
'Amazing coincidence' Moderna offered free vaccines when asked to testify, Bernie Sanders says
19 February 2023 - But it was "a step in the right direction," the independent senator said. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Feb 2023
$130,000 a year for medicine is outrageous. But I blame the Government, not drug makers.
21 February 2023 - I don't blame President Biden for pursuing price controls. They are popular. Yet popularity does not ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2023
‘Caught in the middle’: A battle between Vertex and insurers is leaving cystic fibrosis patients with crushing drug costs
20 February 2023 - Dan Brickey was stunned when he learned the news. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2023
1.6 million cheaper medicines in January
19 February 2023 - New analysis by the Department of Health and Aged Care shows that more than 1.6 million prescriptions ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2023
Moderna says its COVID vaccine will remain free for all consumers, even those uninsured
16 February 2023 - Moderna was criticised for considering a price hike for its shot. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2023
Testing a hypothesis: can we promote both innovation and affordability of drugs?
16 February 2023 - This week’s announcement by the CMS to test new payment models which promote both pharmaceutical access and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Feb 2023
Biden to push for insulin cost caps, but unlikely to secure Congressional approval
8 February 2023 - US President Joe Biden will call for a nationwide cap of $35 a month on out ...