Who is responsible for high drug prices?
As pharmaceutical companies face heat for their pricing practices, the pharmaceutical lobby developed a PR strategy: blame the middlemen. The
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Health Care Finance
Marketplace Subsidies May Be Option In 2020 For Plans That Skirt Obamacare
(By Phil Galewitz and Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) States would be able to use federal funding to provide
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(By Eric Oliver for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealth Group paid $69 billion, or nearly half of its annual reimbursement, toward
Read MorePfizer Inc. settles deceptive co-pay coupon class in New York
Pfizer Inc. settled a case brought by New York’s attorney general based on the company’s misleading consumers with its drug
Read MoreTrump wants drug commercials to include prices. These five companies have the most at stake
(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON — President Trump wants to force drug companies to disclose their prices in TV ads —
Read MorePharma Cash To Congress
(By Elizabeth Lucas and Sydney Lupkin for Kaiser Health News) Every year, pharmaceutical companies contribute millions of dollars to U.S.
Read MoreDrugmakers Funnel Millions To Lawmakers; A Few Dozen Get $100,000-Plus
(By Emmarie Huetteman and Sydney Lupkin for Kaiser Health News) Before the midterm elections heated up, dozens of drugmakers had
Read MoreTV Ads Must Trumpet Drug Prices, Trump Administration Says. Pharma Tries A Plan B.
(By Shefali Luthra and Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) The Trump administration proposed Monday that drugmakers reveal the
Read MoreMedicare’s annual enrollment period has began
Medicare’s annual enrollment period runs from October 15 through December 7, which is when you can make coverage changes that
Read MoreMedicare Part B premiums are heading higher next year
Almost 70 percent of Social Security recipients have their Medicare Part B premiums automatically deducted from their Social Security check
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