In a last ditch effort to kill the Affordable Care Act, Senator Mitch McConnell plans to bring the Graham-Cassidy bill to the floor for a vote next week. The bill, sponsored by Senators Lindsay...
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Sanders and 15 other Senators introduce Medicare for All bill
As Congressional Republicans continue to seek a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Senator Bernie Sanders and 15 other Senators introduced a Medicare for All bill, providing universal health...
R and D costs do not justify high drug prices
Prescription drugs are increasingly unaffordable largely because Congress has effectively granted pharmaceutical companies the ability to set prices. As a consequence, taxpayers, government and...
More than 1 million await Social Security disability decision
More than 1 million people await a Social Security disability decision, according to an ABC news report. People typically wait nearly two years for a determination. And, some die while waiting. Most...
Kidney voucher program launched and catching on
Fran Kritz of Kaiser News reports on how a retired Superior Court judge, Howard Broadman, came up with a creative idea for gifting a kidney to his grandson. His vision of a kidney voucher program has...
Allergan transfers patents to Native American tribe to quash a...
Drug companies seem always to be coming up with new ways to drive profits. This time, according to Katie Thomas at the New York Times, it’s a quasi patent sale-leaseback agreement, in which...
Pharma opera? Drug promotion on TV shows
In the category of “what will pharmaceutical companies think of next to market their high-priced drugs,” the answer could be drug promotion on TV shows. Once dubbed soap operas because...
Coffee appears to be good for your health
In the category of almost too good to believe, coffee appears to be good for your health. The U.S.D.A. in its dietary guidelines for Americans says that up to five cups of coffee a day could have...
Does Pfizer care about malfunctioning EpiPens?
The New York Times reports that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accused Pfizer of failing to address complaints about malfunctioning EpiPens, used to prevent serious allergic reactions...
Good news for anyone looking for help losing weight
Many of us are overweight, struggling to figure out how to shake off some pounds. And, it’s never easy. The good news is that Medicare pays the full cost of weight-loss counseling for people...