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Legislation Aims to Protect Drug Research for Rare Diseases
U.S. House members introduced bipartisan legislation to reverse sanctions on small-molecule medicines in early February, providing new hope for people with rare diseases.
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To Save Medicare, Build on What Works – Commentary
By Joe Albanese
(From the Washington Examiner) Politicians usually avoid proposing changes to Medicare in an election year, but the program’s rising costs and expected insolvency within the next five...
Congress Mulls Tackling Abuses of 340B Drug Discount Program
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is seeking feedback on a controversial program that requires drug makers to sell discounted drugs to hospitals and...
Americans Born Today Will Use Prescription Drugs for Half Their Lives–Study
Americans are taking prescription drugs over longer periods of their lives, and the trend is raising new questions about the costs’ impact on the...
Price Transparency Is a Fraud in a Fake Market – Commentary
By Deane Waldman, M.D.
A recent report by the group Patient Rights Advocate (PRA) claims health care price transparency could save as much as $1 trillion a...
Medicare Drugs on the Chopping Block – Commentary
By Grace-Marie Turner and Nina Owcharenko Schaefer
The Biden administration announced the first 10 prescription drugs it will target in its newly authorized drug price...
Government Targets 10 Drugs for ‘Price Negotiation’
The Biden administration announced the first 10 drugs covered by Medicare that will be subjected to “price negotiation” under the so-called Inflation Reduction Act...
Market Solutions to Fix Medicare Insolvency
A range of plans and studies proposing ways to stave off the insolvency of Medicare, the nation’s primary health care program for seniors and...
States Jump on the Prescription Drug Price-Control Bandwagon
States jump on the prescription drug price-control bandwagon started by Medicare drug price "negotiations" empowered by the Inflation Reduction Act.
by Merrill Matthews
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Medicare Will Require a Payroll Tax Hike—Trustees Report
President Biden suggests raising Medicare taxes on higher-income households. “Biden’s proposal to raise taxes to address Medicare’s future financial problem ignores how progressive Medicare taxes already are.”
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Assembly-Line Medicine Weakens Doctor-Patient Relationships, Patients’ Health – Interview
Editor’s Note: On July 31, JAMA Network published the results of a survey that found patients’ trust in doctors and hospitals dropped 31 percentage...
Yes, Vote, but Resist the Political Illusion with Elections- Commentary
By John Stonestreet and Glenn Sunshine
Though all elections have consequences—some more than others—they are moments in time. As such, they reflect more than they...
Guidebook Helps Seniors Avoid Costly Mistakes During Medicare Enrollment
Medicare’s annual enrollment period has begun and to help seniors make decisions they will not regret, the non-profit policy organization, the Citizens' Council for...
