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Part D/Prescription Drugs

Purdue Pharma touts data that downplay its role in the opioid epidemic, new analysis shows

(By David Armstrong for STAT and Jeff Ernsthausen for Propublica) This story is a collaboration between STAT and ProPublica. Purdue

(By Steven Findlay for Kaiser Health News) Whether Congress will act this year to address the affordability of prescription drugs

Every year between October 15th and December 7th, Medicare beneficiaries can enroll in, drop, or change Medicare Advantage plans and

Medicare spending on a per-beneficiary basis rose sharply in 2018 and is anticipated to accelerate with the influx of baby

(By Dave Davies for NPR) More than 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, and a growing number of

(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) HHS will restock the country’s supply of smallpox vaccines through a $170 million

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Americans and Canadians are seven times more likely to fill a prescription for

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Allergan agreed to pay $5 million to settle allegations that it helped fuel

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare has been paying for drugs used in hospices twice, wasting hundreds of

According to research recently published in JAMA, it found Multiple sclerosis patients felt the impact of rising list prices for