Congress Squares Off With Pharma CEOs In Showdown Over High Drug Prices
(By Emmarie Huetteman and Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Expect sparks to fly Tuesday as senators get a rare
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Month: February 2019
In Florida, Drug Re-Importation From Canada Finds New Champions, Old Snags
(By Shefali Luthra and Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he intends to bring down skyrocketing
Read MoreChinese government funding may have been used for ‘CRISPR babies’ project, documents suggest
(By Jane Qiu for STAT) BEIJING — Three government institutions in China, including the nation’s science ministry, may have funded
Read MoreWhy 2 hospitals are slashing medical bills by 50%
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, W.Va., and East Ohio Regional Hospital in
Read MoreTalk About Déjà Vu: Senators Set To Re-Enact Drug Price Hearing Of 60 Years Ago
(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Kenneth Frazier, CEO of pharma giant Merck, is set to face senators Tuesday
Read MorePurdue’s Sackler embraced plan to conceal OxyContin’s strength from doctors, sealed deposition shows
(By David Armstrong for a collaboration between STAT and ProPublica) In May 1997, the year after Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin, its
Read MoreCMS paid $84M for nursing home services that didn’t meet Medicare rule, audit finds
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS made $84 million in improper payments for skilled nursing facility services that
Read MoreU.S. Soda Taxes Work, Studies Suggest — But Maybe Not As Well As Hoped
(By Dan Charles for NPR) This week, the governor of Connecticut proposed a statewide tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. Several cities
Read MoreCVS Looks To Make Its Drugstores A Destination For Health Care
(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) When it comes to making changes in health care, CVS Health isn’t settling for tinkering
Read MoreIs New App From Feds Your Answer To Navigating Medicare Coverage? Yes And No
(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) Millennials, beware: Your grandparents are about to start calling you for help downloading
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