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Drug prices weigh on older Americans
9 July 2021 - Most Americans ages 50 and older rely on prescription drugs for their health, yet many worry ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2021
NASP applauds the Introduction of bipartisan legislation to reduce drug costs and support medication access for seniors with life-threatening specialised conditions
27 May 2021 - This week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate introduced legislation to rein ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2021
Investigation reveals no specific risk of COVID-19 vaccinations in elderly patients
2 January 2021 - On 14 January 2021 the TGA received reports of about 30 deaths in over 40,000 elderly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2021
AstraZeneca vaccine warnings based on maths, not safety
29 January 2021 - The warning from the German health ministry’s vaccine committee that the AstraZeneca jab should not be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2021
Germany moves to exclude seniors from AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine
28 January 2021 - Ahead of its expected approval for use by Europe’s medicines regulator Friday, Germany’s vaccine committee has recommended ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2021
CMS unleashes innovation to ensure our nation’s seniors have access to the latest advancements
12 November 2021 - Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that propels innovative technology ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2020
Trump promised seniors drug discount cards. They may be illegal.
22 October 2020 - A proposal announced by President Trump last month was to send older Americans $200 discount cards to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Sep 2020
Trump seeks boost from seniors with $200 drug discount coupons
27 September 2020 - President Trump is throwing a pre-election curveball aimed at seniors with a surprise announcement on Thursday ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2020
Trump’s ‘most favored nation’ executive order on drug prices is a scam for seniors
16 September 2020 - The White House announced a most favoured nations executive order on Sunday, its latest attempt to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2020
Seniors suffer the most from antiquated FDA approval process
4 September 2020 - Americans have been heartbroken as report after report shines a light on the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2020
AARP, United Healthcare and CVS keep prescription drug prices higher for seniors
11 February 2020 - Even under Medicare, older Americans are paying a high price for AARP. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2019
Medicare costs for seniors lowered in Senate drug price bill
7 December 2019 - Seniors would pay a smaller portion of their drugs’ cost and be shielded from huge one-time ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Oct 2019
Older patients (still) left out of cancer clinical trials
24 October 2019 - A decade before he became the US Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, MD, published a 2004 study in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2019
Trump administration drives down drug costs for seniors
30 July 2019 - Today, the CMS, under the leadership of President Trump, announced that, for the third year in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2019
High drug costs lead 5 percent of seniors to skip or ration medication, study finds
30 May 2019 - Nearly 5% of adults over age 65 said they rationed medication, skipped doses or didn’t fill a ...