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FDA Seeks Way To Review Old Drugs Without Causing Price Hikes
Posted on 18 April 2021.
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Democrats Eye Medicare Negotiations to Lower Drug Prices
Posted on 24 March 2021.
Democrats, newly in control of Congress and the White House, are united behind an idea that Republican lawmakers and major drugmakers fiercely oppose: empowering the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate the prices of brand-name drugs covered by Medicare.
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Medications: 1.1 M Medicare Recipients Could Die Due To High Prices
Posted on 24 November 2020.
More than one million Medicare patients could die over the next decade because they cannot afford to pay for their prescription medications, according to a new study.
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Nursing Home Cost Outpaces Inflation, Medical Care
Posted on 20 June 2019.
One of the largest studies on out-of-pocket costs for nursing home care finds prices are high and rising faster than other medical care and consumer prices.
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Consumers Rejected Drug Plan That Mirrors Trump Proposal
Posted on 13 April 2019.
Both major political parties have shown interest in remedying high drug prices under Medicare, and drugmakers have bemoaned how rebates to middlemen keep them from reaping every dollar associated with those price tags.
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Cities And Counties Unlikely To Heed FDA Warning On Importing Foreign Drugs
Posted on 08 March 2019.
Prices of drugs from overseas pharmacies can be as much as 70 percent lower than what people pay in the U.S. because the costs are regulated by the foreign governments.
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