Why seniors are not shopping around for Medicare plans
A survey of more than 1,000 Medicare-eligible people in the United States age 65 and over, 33 percent of older
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
FDA approves Indivior’s monthly injection to treat opioid addiction
(By Max Blau for STAT) A new form of a widely used opioid addiction treatment that is injected monthly instead
Read MorePatients With Rare Diseases And Congress Square Off Over Orphan Drug Tax Credits
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) As President Donald Trump talked tax reform on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Arkansas
Read MoreStudy: Hospitals markup drugs 487%, receive 2.5 times what they paid after negotiations
(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hospitals markup brand-name drugs nearly 487 percent, according to a study performed by The Moran
Read MoreChoosing a Medicare Part D plan
Medicare Prescription Drug Plans or PDPs allows the individual to add prescription drug coverage to their original Medicare package. Prescription
Read MoreThe Ratcheting Cost Of The Pneumococcal Vaccine: What Gives?
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) Every November, like clockwork, she gets the same letter, said Dr. Lindsay Irvin,
Read MoreDoctors Make Big Money Testing Urine For Drugs, Then Ignore Abnormal Results
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) In April 2014, state and federal drug agents raided Jeffrey Campbell’s medical clinic
Read MoreHeated And Deep-Pocketed Battle Erupts Over 340B Drug Discount Program
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) A 25-year-old federal drug discount program has grown so big and controversial
Read MoreUPS has acquired a manufacturing pharmacy license
UPS has confirmed that it has obtained a manufacturing pharmacy license from Georgia’s Board of Pharmacy that enables the company
Read MoreBaby boomers and millennials most harmed by opioid crisis
(By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Hospital Review) The nation’s ongoing opioid overdose crisis is primarily affecting the baby boomer and
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