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A New Report Shows How Big Pharma Is Price Gouging Cancer Patients
Many with cancer in the U.S. may soon see long-overdue relief thanks to provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Most Health Insurance Plans Must Continue Covering Preventive Services — for Now
Depending on how the Fifth Circuit rules, this case could ultimately end up before the Supreme Court.
Sanders Will Block Health Nominees Until Biden Offers Plan to Lower Drug Prices
As chair of the Senate HELP Committee, Sanders has the unilateral power to block health-related nominees.
Gun Deaths Hit Record High of Nearly 49,000 in 2021
Firearms were the leading cause of death for children in 2021, surpassing COVID deaths.
Top Insurance CEOs Took Home $335 Million Last Year, Fueled by Stock Buybacks
Fresh outrage over the pay of insurance industry CEOs comes amid a renewed Medicare for All push in Congress.
Merck Sues Government, Saying Plan to Lower Medicare Drug Prices Is “Extortion”
The company claims that the plan to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices violates the First and Fifth Amendments.
Billionaire Sackler Family Gets Immunity From Civil Lawsuits Over Opioid Crisis
The billionaire Sacklers own Purdue Pharma, maker of the highly addictive opioid OxyContin.
Denial Isn’t an Effective Health Care Strategy, Say People With Long COVID
Gaslighting and disbelief make long COVID worse for people living with long-term effects from the virus.
Expanding Use of Primates in Drug Testing Is a Threat to Public Health
Proposals to expand domestic breeding of primates for research overlook several ethical, scientific and safety woes.
Thousands Experience Lapses in Care as Medicaid Rules Expire
As South Dakota and North Carolina remove participants from Medicaid, the states also plan to add people to the program.