Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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Part D/Prescription Drugs

Becerra orders Medicare to reconsider premium hike following price drop for Biogen’s Aduhelm

(By Rachel Cohrs for STAT) WASHINGTON — Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Monday took the

(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) On paper, the list of outpatient treatments for Covid-19 seems reassuring. Two oral antivirals have

Of the 26.9 million Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, a percentage of them discovered their plan is

(By Joe Palca for NPR) A vaccine authorized in December for use in India may help solve one of the

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) The U.S. is purchasing an additional 10 million courses of Paxlovid, Pfizer’s COVID-19

(By Matthew Herper for STAT) The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted emergency authorization to Merck’s molnupiravir, an antiviral

Although Social Security recipients will see the highest cost-of-living adjustment in almost 40 years; however, for Medicare beneficiaries, the raise

(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News) Bill Mather, a pharmacist in the small Iowa city of Greenfield, wanted to

(By Vanessa Romo and Scott Hensley for NPR) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accepted advice from a panel

(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News) Ted Billinger Jr. liked to joke that he would work until he died.