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Why Ontario parents could soon be paying more for prescription drugs
22 March 2019 - Some Ontario parents will be paying more for their kids’ medicine starting next month. Young adults ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2019
Struggling to stay alive: rising insulin prices cause diabetics to go to extremes
20 March 2019 - The escalating cost of insulin has desperate diabetics rationing medication, acquiring the drug from friends or getting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Mar 2019
Fewer people are strategising with prescription drug choices to control their health care costs
19 March 2019 - The U.S. has the highest drug prices in the world. Despite enormous expenses in research and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Mar 2019
Private health insurance costs the biggest household spending concern, survey finds
19 March 2019 - Private health insurance costs have overtaken electricity bills as the biggest household spending worry, according to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Mar 2019
Think drugs are expensive in the U.S.? Just try China
19 March 2019 - Beijing will want pharma companies to share the pain of the country’s growing health care costs. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2019
Chile takes several ‘unorthodox’ steps to push back on drug prices, angering pharma
18 March 2019 - Searching for ways to beat back rising drug costs, the Chilean legislature is advancing three measures ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2019
Medicines only work if patients can afford them: solutions for the high drug prices era
18 March 2019 - Since 2000, more than 500 new medicines have been approved by the FDA. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2019
The impact of pharmaceutical rebates on patients’ drug expenditures
18 March 2019 - The drug-pricing landscape in Canada is complex, with 4 different agencies and each provincial, territorial and federal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Mar 2019
Prescription drug prices are out of control
17 March 2019 - In an all-too-rare example of political consensus, congressional law makers on both sides of the aisle ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Mar 2019
What 1 April 2019 private health insurance changes mean for you
17 March 2019 - When the calendar flips to April 1 this year, many private health insurance customers will need ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Mar 2019
'Have you got insurance?': the US style question finding its way to Australian hospitals
16 March 2019 - “Have you got insurance?” It is the first question faced by any patient walking into a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Mar 2019
Patient advocates applaud Cancer Drug Parity Act filed in both the U.S. House and Senate
13 March 2019 - The Coalition to Improve Access to Cancer Care and its members from across the cancer patient ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Mar 2019
UnitedHealth expands drug rebate program to consumers
12 March 2019 - UnitedHealth, the country’s largest health insurer, said Tuesday it would expand a program that passes drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Mar 2019
Prescription drug prices aren’t rising — they’re falling for the first time in 47 years
12 March 2019 - Yet skepticism abounds that drop in drug prices will last. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Mar 2019
AARP launches 'Stop Rx Greed' campaign targeting high prescription drug prices
12 March 2019 - Today, AARP announced the launch of 'Stop Rx Greed,' a nationwide campaign aimed at lowering prescription ...