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Judge slaps down Big Pharma’s attack on drug price cuts

Syndicated Columnist — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 04:01:00 +0000

by Michael Hiltzik The pharmaceutical industry’s all-out attack on President Joe Biden’s drug negotiation initiative for Medicare — comprising nine federal lawsuits (so far) and lots of heavy breathing by […]

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Fla. to import prescription drugs. Good luck

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 04:04:00 +0000

The U.S. pays 50% more per capita for prescription drugs than Canada. Frustrated by this discrepancy, a handful of states in recent years have developed plans to import cheaper medications […]

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How Medicare should negotiate prescription prices

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 01:29:17 +0000

The Inflation Reduction Act, passed last year, gave Medicare the authority to negotiate drug prices for the first time. The government will start with 10 medications, which were announced last […]

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5 questions about Medicare’s drug pricing

Syndicated Columnist — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 01:52:47 +0000

by Lisa Jarvis After months of speculation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (known as CMS) has finally released the list of medicines that will be subject to the […]

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The cruel economics of life-saving drugs

Syndicated Columnist — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 03:02:00 +0000

by Rekha Basu Ajit “Ayaan” Sharma, a skinny 11-year-old with dark eyes that gleam like headlights, bounces around a New Delhi home on the balls of his feet. He exudes […]

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Guest essay: Biden’s 2024 agenda a raw deal for West Virginians

Submitted to The Dominion Post — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 03:08:00 +0000

by Chris Stansbury The Biden administration seems to be a fan of doubling down on bad ideas. After adding more than $5 trillion to the national debt since taking […]

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Prevent a legal catch-22 that could push generic drugs off the market

Syndicated Columnist — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 02:22:00 +0000

by Michael A. Carrier, Charles Duan and S. Sean Tu Carvedilol could be the poster child for how to lower drug prices. Since 2007, more than 20 million patients with […]

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Don’t be swayed by ads from unclear interests

Syndicated Columnist — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 03:02:00 +0000

by Rekha Basu A grim-faced doctor walks into an examining room where an anxious white-haired woman sits on the table, awaiting news. “Mrs. Smith, I have your test results here,” […]

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Here’s how to lower prescription costs

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 02:56:00 +0000

In rejecting the pared down Build Back Better Act, Sen. Joe Manchin made clear that the only provision he still supports is codifying Medicare’s ability to negotiate prescription drug costs. […]

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Reasons to cheer Joe Manchin

Syndicated Columnist — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 03:03:00 +0000

by Lynn Schmidt Three centrist cheers for Sen. Joe Manchin III. Manchin’s stance on three key issues may be unpopular with some of his Democratic colleagues but they are popular […]

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