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As Congress returns, lawmakers rush to detail drug-pricing agendas

(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — Chuck Grassley wasted little time this week in unveiling his drug-pricing agenda, attaching his

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Success from the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which penalizes hospitals with high 30-day

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Twelve additional health systems have joined Civica Rx, a nonprofit company formed by hospitals to

(By Casey Ross for STAT) LAS VEGAS — The drug industry’s foundering search for an Alzheimer’s cure is fueling a

(By Michael Ollove for Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts) Even as calls for “Medicare for All” grow

Beneficiaries with Medicare Advantage, also known as Medicare Part C, can switch to a new Medicare Advantage plan or can

(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) The skyrocketing cost of many prescription drugs in the U.S. can be blamed primarily on

(By Alex Smith for NPR) Take a look at your prescription bottles. Most say, “Store at room temperature” or “Keep

According to a recent report by Oliver Wyman, an international management consulting firm, even though female consumers make 80 percent

(ByLiz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) Hoping to earn its share of the $3.5 trillion health care market, the medical industry is