We could be paying too much for knee and hip replacements

18 February 2025 - As more baby boomers have their joints replaced and the population struggles with obesity, we need to ...

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Cheaper medicines stay cheaper as Australians save $1.1 billion

2 January 2025 - On 1 January 2025, for the first time in more than 25 years, the maximum amount people ...

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Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription drug programs to remain stable as CMS implements improvements to the programs in 2025

27 September 2024 - Today, the CMS announced that average premiums, benefits, and plan choices for Medicare Advantage and the Medicare ...

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Cost barriers to medication access in Australia: an analysis of the Patient Experience Survey in context

30 September 2024 - In November 2023, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its 2022–23 Patient Experience Survey data. ...

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Australians save over half a billion dollars on cheaper medicines

1 September 2024 - Thanks to the Albanese Labor Government Australians have saved over half a billion dollars ($525 million) ...

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Genomic medicines can cost $3 million a dose. How to make them affordable.

1 August 2024 - The treatments are marvels of innovation. Their pricing must be inventive, too. ...

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President Biden: Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly must stop ripping off Americans with high drug prices

2 July 2024 - If Novo Nordisk and other pharmaceutical companies refuse to substantially lower prescription drug prices in our country ...

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The opaque industry secretly inflating prices for prescription drugs

21 June 2024 - Pharmacy benefit managers are driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers and Government. ...

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What good are whizzy new drugs if the world can’t afford them?

14 June 2024 - Bringing gene therapies and obesity drugs to the masses will require financial innovation too, says Steven Pearson. ...

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Cancer is capsizing Americans’ finances. ‘I was losing everything.’

28 May 2024 - Higher drug prices, rising out of pocket costs and reduced incomes create economic strain for many patients. ...

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'What is the price of comfort?': Oncologist raises concerns about newly approved cancer treatment in Canada

30 April 2024 - A new cancer treatment recently approved in Canada promises to cut treatment time down to just ...

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Evernorth announces Humira biosimilar available at $0 out of pocket for Accredo patients in June

25 April 2024 - Biosimilar price will be about 85% lower than Humira. ...

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All women go through menopause. So why is treatment so expensive?

8 April 2024 - Hormone therapies for women experiencing menopause are too expensive and inaccessible, and doctors aren’t confident managing ...

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Net prices for medicines fell considerably in 2023’s last quarter, mostly thanks to Humira biosimilars

1 April 2024 - The net prices that health plans paid for medicines — after subtracting rebates, discounts, and fees ...

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Joe Biden’s assault on the $900 child eczema cream

2 April 2024 - What the Inflation Reduction Act means for the cost of health care. ...

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