Texans Can Appeal Surprise Medical Bills, But The Process Can Be Draining
(By Ashley Lopez, KUT, for Kaiser Health News) In Texas, a growing number of patients are turning to a little-known
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Winners And Losers Under Bold Trump Plan To Slash Drug Rebate Deals
(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Few consumers have heard of the secret, business-to-business payments that the Trump administration
Read MoreCongress Wades Into Emotional Debate Over High-Cost Prescription Drugs
(By Emmarie Huetteman and Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) Senators railed against pharmaceutical executives Tuesday for declining to testify
Read MoreAs Congress returns, lawmakers rush to detail drug-pricing agendas
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — Chuck Grassley wasted little time this week in unveiling his drug-pricing agenda, attaching his
Read MoreMedicaid ‘Buy-In’ Could Be a New Health Care Option for the Uninsured
(By Michael Ollove for Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts) Even as calls for “Medicare for All” grow
Read MoreHow PhRMA finally lost: the inside story of the group’s biggest lobbying failure in years
(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON —The drug industry’s storied lobbying group isn’t accustomed to bad news — and with
Read MoreJudge blocks Trump administration cuts to 340B hospital drug-discount program
(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration policy that reduces payments to hospitals under
Read More3 state legislative battles to watch in 2019
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — Drug pricing is on the agenda here in 2019. But with Republicans controlling
Read MorePowerful Democrat wants Pfizer to explain price hikes for Lyrica, its nerve pain drug
(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON — A powerful Senate Democrat is asking Pfizer to explain why it hiked the
Read MoreBipartisan action on surprise medical bills expected next year, senator says
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said federal lawmakers on both sides of the aisle
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