States Looking To Tax Opioids Pin Hopes On November Elections
(By Jan Hancock and Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) After almost slapping a tax on makers of opioid pills
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Hospitals mark up drugs by 479%: 6 report findings
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) On average, hospitals mark up prescription drugs by 479 percent, according to a new
Read MoreWill the new Medicare Part D formulary rules cause patient safety risks?
In an emailed statement by the AMA, they stated that the newly introduced guidelines to allow Medicare Part D plans
Read MoreMedPAC to look into hospital consolidations’ effect on Medicare
In a letter signed a group of bipartisan lawmakers serving on the Energy and Commerce committee is asking The Medicare
Read MoreInsulin’s High Cost Leads To Lethal Rationing
(By Bram Sable-Smith for NPR) Diabetic ketoacidosis is a terrible way to die. It’s what happens when you don’t have
Read MoreCopay Accumulators
According to a recent survey of 170 employers conducted by the National Business Group on Health, 17 percent of employers
Read MoreBezos backs startup aimed at delaying age-related diseases
( By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Among the investors backing Unity Biotechnology, a startup that aims to develop
Read MoreCustomers like their brick-and-mortar pharmacies
Customers really love their pharmacies, and for reasons that could make it tough for Amazon to keep up – at
Read MoreNew Illinois law will prohibit nonmedical switching beginning January 1st.
The state of Illinois passed a law that will limit the practice of so-called nonmedical switching – in which insurance
Read MoreRemoving the middlemen and reduce drug prices
A growing number of big companies are moving to help cut the price of prescription drugs for their workers by
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