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Another example of a “Shkrelian” drug price increase
28 October 2022 - The story of Martin Shkreli and the drug, Daraprim, has been used as an example of drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2022
Labor fulfils vow to cut cost of scripts
21 October 2022 - Labor will list four new medicines on the PBS from November to offer Australians cheaper treatments ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2022
3 in 10 uninsured Americans with diabetes may ration insulin
18 October 2022 - "Universal access to insulin, without cost barriers, is urgently needed." ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2022
Health insurance prices set for takeoff
18 October 2022 - Millions of Americans will find out soon how much their health insurance premiums will increase next ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2022
Can state prescription drug affordability boards address high cost drug prices?
11 October 2022 - State law makers, like their federal counterparts, are focused on addressing the high and growing cost of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2022
Impending relief for Medicare beneficiaries - the Inflation Reduction Act
15 October 2022 - For many Medicare beneficiaries, the Inflation Reduction Act will reduce out of pocket spending for retail prescription ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act lowers health care costs for millions of Americans
5 October 2022 - Through the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden is delivering on his promise to lower prescription drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Oct 2022
In the costly US health care market, Mark Cuban’s company has a plan to reduce prescription drug costs
4 October 2022 - A recent poll shows that most Americans say the country’s health care system is handled poorly, and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2022
Doctors, patients protest at plans to cap medicine prices
23 September 2022 - Doctors, pharmacists and patients organisations are angry about government plans to cut spending on medicine, which ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2022
Growing financial burden from high-cost targeted oral anti-cancer medicines among Medicare beneficiaries with cancer
13 September 2022 - The rapidly rising costs of targeted oral anti-cancer medicines raise concerns over their affordability. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2022
Your money or your life? Cancer’s crushing cost
10 September 2022 - The first thing many cancer patients see when they arrive at the oncology ward is the EFTPOS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Sep 2022
Cheaper scripts for millions
7 September 2022 - For the first time in its 75 year history, the maximum cost of general scripts under ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2022
The CEO of GoodRx doesn’t think mail order pharmacies are the ‘right answer’ to lowering prescription drug prices
2 September 2022 - Cartoonishly high hospital bills, overpriced prescription drugs, crowdsourcing for medical treatments—these are all features of the US ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2022
Governor Ron DeSantis announces lawsuit against Biden Administration’s reckless delay of Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program
31 August 2022 - Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced a lawsuit against the US FDA in response to their unreasonable delay ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2022
Can the Inflation Reduction Act bring down drug prices?
30 August 2022 - The legislation signed by President Joe Biden on August 16 empowers Medicare to negotiate the prices of ...