Op-Ed | Environment & Health Warren-Schakowsky Bill Is a Huge Step Toward Bringing Drug Costs Down A new bill would allow the federal government to create a manufacturing capacity in order to enter the drug market. By Dean Baker , Truthout December 24, 2018 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Sanders-Khanna Bill Would Stop Monopoly Drug Pricing in the US The bill would likely reduce the price of most brand drugs by around 50 percent. By Dean Baker , Truthout December 3, 2018 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Type 1 Diabetics Need Affordable Insulin, Not “Innovation” Diabetics should refuse to donate their data to Eli Lilly unless the company makes insulin affordable. By Mary O’Connor Mack , Truthout December 1, 2018 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Critics Say Trump’s New Rule on Drug-Pricing Disclosure Doesn’t Go Far Enough Drug pricing is a top issue in the run-up to the midterm elections. By Shefali Luthra & Sarah Jane Tribble , KaiserHealthNews October 19, 2018 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Trump’s Attack on Medicare for All Has Industry Fingerprints All Over It It’s no surprise that the health insurance industry went right to the White House. By Wendell Potter , Truthout October 19, 2018 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Drug Makers Play the Patent Game to Lock in Prices, Block Competitors No industry gets a greater financial return from its patent strategy than pharmaceuticals. By Sarah Jane Tribble , KaiserHealthNews October 12, 2018 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Hepatitis C Patients Are Being Forced Into Underground Buyers’ Clubs Access to medication and treatment is a huge issue for hepatitis patients in the United States. By Elizabeth Brico , TalkPoverty.org October 11, 2018 Truthout
Environment & Health UCLA’s Patent War in India Prevents Access to Prostate Cancer Treatment Prostate cancer patients from low-income areas where a life-saving drug was tested can no longer afford it. By Leah Salzano , Truthout September 5, 2018 Truthout
Environment & Health Activists With Diabetes Take on the Global Insulin Crisis T1 International has flipped the script on health care advocacy with patients leading the fight for accessible insulin. By Fran Quigley , Truthout August 18, 2018 Truthout
Prisons & Policing State Prisons Fail to Offer Cure to 144,000 Prisoners With Deadly Hepatitis C Many states cited high drug prices as the reason for denying treatment. By Siraphob Thanthong-Knight , KaiserHealthNews July 28, 2018 Truthout