Big Pharma Went All In to Kill Drug Pricing Negotiations
(By Arthur Allen for Kaiser Health News) For decades, the drug industry has yelled bloody murder each time Congress considered
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
AdventHealth opens pharmacy kiosks to boost prescription access
(By Paige Twenter for Becker’s Hospital Review) Some patients can now skip the pharmacy line and pick up their prescriptions
Read MoreHere’s who Democrats’ drug pricing bill will actually help
(By Rachel Cohrs for STAT) WASHINGTON — Millions of patients in the Medicare program could eventually see lower prescription drug
Read MoreCongress is about to act on drug price reform. Here’s what you need to know
(By Selena Simmons-Duffin and Allison Aubrey for NPR) Americans pay way more than people in other countries do for prescription
Read MoreFixed incomes are vulnerable to inflation’s effect on healthcare costs
In a recent survey conducted by eHealth, 95 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are worried about the impact of inflation on
Read MoreWho out there has heard of IRMAA?
Not many Medicare beneficiaries have heard of IRMAA – income-related monthly adjustment amount- and, if they did, it came as
Read MoreMedicare Part D premiums lower for 2023
Medicare beneficiaries should be seeing a lower premium for prescription drug coverage in 2023; however, the maximum deductible next year
Read MoreCMS Releases 2023 Projected Medicare Basic Part D Average Premium
(Source – cms.gov) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that the average basic monthly premium for
Read MoreMedicare enrollment periods
Medicare is health insurance for people 65 or older. You are first eligible to sign up for Medicare 3 months
Read MoreInsulin Out-of-Pocket Costs in Medicare Part D
(By Juliette Cubanski and Anthony Damico for Kaiser Family Foundation published July 28, 2022) Addressing the cost of insulin continues
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