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Drug Pricing
Medicare Advantage Insurers Are Dropping Plans and Slashing Benefits
Medicare Advantage plan beneficiaries are essentially being penalized for using the health care that they pay for.
Federal Trade Commission Sues Big Pharma Middlemen for Inflating Insulin Prices
Some health care advocates hope this is just the beginning and that decision makers will go even further in the future.
It’s Not Just Big Pharma: Meet the Middlemen Blocking Access to Medication
Pharmacy benefit managers have massive control over people’s medications, but a growing movement is pushing for reform.
Big Pharma Exploited Patent Laws to Keep Medicare Drug Prices High, Report Finds
The companies bent patent law to maintain a monopoly on certain drugs and prevent competition from entering the market.
Judge Dismisses Big Pharma Lawsuit Challenging Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
This is the second setback the pharmaceutical industry has faced in court since filing a barrage of lawsuits last year.
Bernie Sanders Invites Pharma CEOs to Testify on High Drug Prices
“The American people have a right to know why it is that they pay the highest prices in the world,” said Bernie Sanders.
Big Pharma Company Stalled Tuberculosis Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits
Allowing a potentially lifesaving vaccine to languish shows the distressing reality of public health vaccine creation.
All Manufacturers of 10 Drugs Set for Medicare Negotiation Agree to Participate
The negotiation process won't begin until early 2024, and new prices won't be implemented until two years later.
Federal Judge Blocks Big Pharma Attempt to Stop Medicare Drug Price Negotiation
The judge noted that drug companies are not forced to participate in Medicare.
Three-Quarters of Americans Back Plan to Negotiate Drug Costs Through Medicare
Only 6 percent of Americans said they disagreed with the federal government negotiating drug costs.