Trump Administration Plans To Bail Out Insurers To Hide Higher Drug Costs
This is not a government agency sharing risk, it’s a government agency assuming virtually all of the risk associated with the higher premium costs due to the rebate rule. In other words, a bailout.
Yes, The Opioid Epidemic Is Linked To A Spike In Pain Pill Prescriptions
Corporations acted as cartels and filled our country with opioids. Connecting that to the epidemic of overdose deaths is not fake news.
Blaming Prescription Pain Pills For The Opioid Epidemic Is Fake News
How negligent media have helped inflate a deadly moral panic over prescription opioids and ignored the real sources of addiction, while hurting people who live with devastating chronic pain.
4 Ways Republicans Can Gain From The Unpopularity Of ‘Medicare For All’
Letting medical research continue to advance is a great argument against single-payer health care. So Republicans should make it.
The Opiate Epidemic Is Coming To A Suburb Near You
Beth Macy’s book ‘Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America’ is a warning to everyone in America who thinks that the opiate epidemic won’t arrive at their doorstep.
CVS Makes Plans To Ration Customers’ Health Care
A health rationing organization’s opinion about so-called quality of life value will soon determine whether CVS customers can receive new prescription drugs and treatments.
Why Puberty Blockers Are A Clear Danger To Children’s Health
As much as transgender ideologues disguised as doctors want to claim otherwise, some drugs pose serious and lasting risks to children.
Former Opioid Addict Tells Of His Journey Back Up From Rock Bottom
Like so many others, this hard-working family man got hooked on opioids. Just before his addiction killed him, he broke free. Here’s how.
Will Disclosing Prescription Drug Prices In TV Ads Make Any Difference?
If the ‘purpose of this regulation’ is to affect pharmaceutical pricing, then confining disclosures only to television advertisements would by definition have a limited impact.
Senate Republicans Refuse To Let States Control Price-Shopping For Prescription Drugs
‘Gag clauses,’ inserted by pharmaceutical benefit managers, prohibit pharmacies from telling people that they might benefit from paying in cash rather than using their insurance card.
White House’s Reorganization Plan Would Make For A Leaner, Better FDA
The administration proposes changing the FDA’s name to the ‘Federal Drug Administration,’ making clear that its focus will solely be on drugs, devices, biologics, and tobacco.
New Analysis Finds Blue States Have Worse Opioid Problems Than Do Red States
WalletHub just released a report on the states with the biggest drug problems in 2018 to highlight the states that are winning and losing the war on drugs.
What You Need To Know About President Trump’s Drug Pricing Plan
While such costs represent a small fraction of overall spending on health care, several dynamics help the prescription drug issue gain disproportionate attention.
How A CBO Error Could Cost The Pharmaceutical Industry Billions
A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) document released quietly on Thursday hinted at a major gaffe by the budget agency and its efforts to conceal that gaffe.
Here’s How Trump Should Address The High Cost Of Prescription Drugs
Here’s a solution: stop focusing on trying to control prescription drug prices, and start paying attention to who’s paying them.
‘Take Your Pills’ Exposes Troubling Tie Between America’s Work Addiction And Meds
We want success, and productive work requires focus. If you’re a rich kid micro-dosing amphetamines for school or career advantage, that’s rewarded.
Loneliness Is Fueling The Opioid Epidemic. Here’s How You Can Help
A compelling argument can be made that as America’s economic capital increased, its social capital declined. Both are affecting the opioid epidemic.
Inside The Giant Insurer Bailout In The Senate ‘Budget’ ‘Deal’
By throwing money at the problem of rising drug costs, Republican leaders’ ‘solution’ may end up raising them even faster.
Is There A Big Pharma Fox In The Anti-Addiction Hen House?
A major anti-addiction nonprofit organization is getting big bucks from the pharmaceutical industry. Whose interests are the American Society of Addiction Medicine serving?
Study Of 1.8 Million Women Links Birth Control And Breast Cancer
Danish researchers have found there are approximately 13 additional breast cancer cases for every 100,000 women who use hormonal contraception for one year.
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