Sunday, May 10, 2026

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Part D/Prescription Drugs

In Florida, Drug Re-Importation From Canada Finds New Champions, Old Snags

(By Shefali Luthra and Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he intends to bring down skyrocketing

(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Kenneth Frazier, CEO of pharma giant Merck, is set to face senators Tuesday

(By David Armstrong for a collaboration between STAT and ProPublica) In May 1997, the year after Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin, its

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Supplies of BCG, a critical immunotherapy drug that treats bladder cancer, are dwindling,

(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) WASHINGTON — Spending on prescription drugs is expected to increase at an accelerating rate over

(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) In a growing number of states, patients who

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS informed Medicare Advantage and Part D drug plans that it will begin

(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) Bob Field was set to kick off his second course of BCG — a potent immunotherapy that

(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON — Fifteen years ago, a patient with diabetes might have paid $175.57 for a

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) For some older people, the joy of sex may be tempered by financial