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CVS plans to buy Aetna: Will consumers pay more?
CVS Health, a chain of retail pharmacies, plans to buy Aetna for $69 billion in an effort to...
FDA approves first digital pill
The New York Times reports that the FDA has approved the first digital pill, a pill that allows...
One in four insured Americans go without care, struggle to pay...
A new Kaiser Family Foundation report finds that fewer than half of single people have the money to...
Trump’s pick to head HHS drove up insulin prices at Eli...
Caitlyn McClure of the Other 98 reports that Alex Azar, President Trump’s pick to head the US...
Pharma profits from patenting OTC drugs
Given that taxpayers contribute significantly to both the development of drugs and drug spending...
Medicare drug benefit leaves many with high out-of-pocket costs
The Kaiser Family Foundation just released a report documenting the high out-of-pocket costs for...
Will CMS reduce people’s Part D drug costs?
A recent article by Sarah Jane Tribble in Kaiser Health News suggests that people with Medicare may...
Prednisone can have sinister side effects
All medicines come with side effects, some good, some bad. The corticosteroid prednisone is no...
Amazon likely gearing up to sell prescription drugs
Gizmodo reports that Amazon may be gearing up to sell prescription drugs online. The mega-retailer...