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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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jan 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2024
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2024
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. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2024
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) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2024
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. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2024
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2024
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. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jun 2024
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. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2024
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. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2024
'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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2024
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. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2024
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2024
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2024
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. ...