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During the new Medicare Advantage open enrollment period, you have the option to switch plans if you are dissatisfied with
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Medicare policy on antirejection drugs imperils kidney transplants
(By Matthew Cooper for STAT) For people with failing kidneys — and there are thousands of them in the United
Read MorePatients who get prescriptions through VA less likely to skip doses, study finds
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Department of Veterans Affairs’ model of purchasing prescription drugs may improve patient
Read MoreAntibiotics need a special place in the drug pricing debate
(By Allan Coukell for STAT) Melinta Therapeutics, one of the few companies to recently bring a new antibiotic to market,
Read MoreMedicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period is happening now
If you were one of Medicare’s 23 million who choose to get their coverage through an Medicare Advantage Plan and
Read MoreDrug price hike update: Merck, Allergen, Novartis raise prices
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Merck, Allergan and Novartis raised the list prices of more than 100 drugs,
Read MoreTen drugs accounted for 63 percent of Medicare’s wasted dollars
According to new data released by the federal government, last year Medicare paid for $725 million worth of expensive medications
Read MoreMedicare beneficiaries living with opioid use disorder now have treatment option
Medicare-age population has among the highest and fastest growing rates of diagnosed opioid use disorder (OUD). Good news is for
Read MorePharmaceutical companies started 2020 by raising the price of hundreds of drugs
The drug industry traditionally sets prices for its therapies at the start of the year and according to an analysis
Read More3 drug pricing policy experiments to watch in 2020
(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON — Politicians spent the better part of 2019 bickering over the best way to
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