NBC News reports on the Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to block importation of...
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Don’t rely on Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs for the...
I promoted Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs a while back as a way to get low-cost generics. As it...
Pharmacy Benefits Managers continue to drive up costs
Most people likely do not even know what a Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) is. PBMs allegedly add...
Get ready for more prescription drug price hikes
We know pharmaceutical companies are greedy. Most, if not all, companies are greedy and will do...
Sen. Bernie Sanders will focus on high health care costs as head...
Next month, Senator Bernie Sanders will become chair of the Senate Health Education Labor and...
FDA approves new Alzheimer’s drug
Katherine Ellen Foley reports for Politico that the FDA just approved an Alzheimer’s disease drug...
Germans force competition among drug companies; should the US...
In an article for Health Affairs, James C. Robinson argues that the US should take a page from...
2023: Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage and costs
Whether you are enrolled in traditional Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan, Medicare covers the...
DiRx cuts out Rx middlemen to lower costs
Why should insurers be involved in people’s purchase of prescription drugs? Allison Bell...
Prescription drug middlemen, PBMs, will always drive up drug...
There’s a move afoot in Congress to do something about prescription drug middlemen—Pharmacy...