No More Secrets: Congress Bans Pharmacist ‘Gag Orders’ On Drug Prices
(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) For years, most pharmacists couldn’t give customers even a clue about an easy
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Black Market For Suboxone Gives Some A Glimpse Of Recovery
(By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media, produced in partnership with NPR and Kaiser Health News) Months in prison didn’t
Read MoreCongress Targets Misuse Of Hospice Drugs
(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Hospice workers would be allowed to destroy patients’ unneeded opioids, reducing the risk
Read MoreMedicare Open Enrollment Advice
During Medicare Open Enrollment you have the opportunity to make changes to your health and prescription drug coverage. Any changes
Read MoreThe Senate passes a bipartisan bill aimed at fighting the opioid crisis
On Wednesday, the Senate passed a bipartisan bill aimed at fighting the opioid crisis. The 660-page bill includes a range
Read MoreThis brand-new advocacy group is an unapologetic defender of high drug prices
(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON — It’s less than a week old, but a shadowy new pharma advocacy group
Read MoreHospital CEOs petition Congress over prescription drug-pricing program
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) The CEOs of more than 700 hospitals and health systems penned a letter to U.S.
Read MorePatients Give Doctors High Marks For Prescribing Antibiotics For Common Sniffles
(By Rachel D. Cohen for NPR) When they’re sick, it seems Americans know what they want: antibiotics. And if they
Read MoreVA Adding Opioid Antidote To Defibrillator Cabinets For Quicker Overdose Response
(By Martha Bebinger, WBUR in partnership that includes WBUR, NPR and Kaiser Health News.) It took more than 10 minutes for paramedics to
Read MoreDrugmakers Play The Patent Game To Lock In Prices, Block Competitors
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) David Herzberg was alarmed when he heard that Richard Sackler, former chairman
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