Trump Has Blessed States’ Exploration Of Importing Drugs. Will It Catch On?
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Seeking a solution to the soaring costs of drugs, Colorado, Florida and Vermont
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Drugmakers engaged in price-fixing cover-up, lawsuit claims
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review ) A wide-reaching lawsuit unsealed June 24 claims Teva Pharmaceuticals, subsidiaries of Pfizer
Read MoreHow Many Medicare Part D Enrollees Had High Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs in 2017?
(By Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, And Anthony Damcio for Kaiser Family Foundation) The Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit has
Read MoreSurgeons’ Opioid-Prescribing Habits Hard To Kick
(By Julie Appleby and Elizabeth Lucas for Kaiser Health News) As opioid addiction and deadly overdoses escalated into an epidemic
Read MoreFederally funded research drives nearly one-third of U.S. patents, report finds
(By Brittany Flaherty for ST A T) A s researchers bemoan cuts in federal funding for basic science, a new
Read MoreSome seniors will get a surprise Medicare bill soon
According to a news report, at least 250,000 seniors may soon receive a bill for up to five months of
Read MoreMedicare Part A is typically free for enrollees, but that’s only one piece of the overall puzzle
Think of Medicare as a puzzle; it is made up of several distinct parts: Parts A, B, C, and D.
Read More10 most expensive drugs in US
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Zolgensma, recently approved by the FDA, tops GoodRx’s list of the 10
Read MoreGSK partners with CRISPR pioneer Doudna to search for new drugs
(By Matthew Herper for ST A T) S AN FRANCISCO — The drug maker GlaxoSmithKline announced Thursday that it would
Read MoreSenators want to know if HHS money went to Chinese genomics firms
(By Damian Garde for ST A T) T wo Republican senators are asking whether the Department of Health and Human
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