The Mark Cuban effect on drug pricing
(By Paige Twenter for Becker’s Hospital Review) In January 2022, entrepreneur and “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban launched an online
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Uncle Sam Wants You … to Help Stop Insurers’ Bogus Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics
(By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News) After an unprecedented crackdown on misleading advertising claims by insurers selling private Medicare
Read MoreManufacturers need to be more open about a dangerous Alzheimer’s drug side effect
(By Madhav Thambisetty for STAT) Since the FDA’s approval of lecanemab (marketed as Leqembi) and Medicare’s recent decision to cover
Read MoreMedicare Advantage plans are not for everyone
There are many advantages to selecting a Medicare Advantage plan over traditional Medicare. Medicare Advantage plans have a limit on
Read MoreSen. Sanders pushes NIH to rein in drug prices
(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR) Can the National Institutes of Health bring down drug prices? It doesn’t approve new medicines
Read MoreBiden Administration’s Limit on Drug Industry Middlemen Backfires, Pharmacists Say
(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) The Biden administration’s first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit
Read MoreIt pays to review your choices
We are almost a month into Medicare Open Enrollment for 2024; have you reviewed other plans yet? If you are
Read MoreMedicare Part D in 2024: A First Look at Prescription Drug Plan Availability, Premiums, and Cost Sharing
(By Juliette Cubanski and Anthony Damico for the Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Nov 08, 2023) During the Medicare open enrollment
Read MoreUS to Cover HIV Prevention Drugs for Older Americans to Stem Spread of the Virus
(By Michael Scaturro for KFF Health News) A proposed federal policy aims to protect older Americans from contracting HIV by
Read MoreNow is the time for many seniors to make changes to their Medicare coverage
Medicare open enrollment is happening now through December 7th, during which Medicare plan enrollees can reevaluate their existing Medicare coverage.
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