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Vast majority of Americans support government drug price...
A September 2016 Kaiser Family Foundation poll reveals that a growing number of Americans say...
New cuts proposed for Social Security Administration
Back in June, I reported for Just Care that Congress was keeping the Social Security Administration...
FAIR Act would force drug makers to justify big price hikes
A bi-partisan group of Senators and Representatives, led by Tammy Baldwin and John McCain...
Pharma pushing states to cover high-cost drugs
When it comes to drug innovations, many would argue that pharmaceutical companies serve the public...
Hospices misleading patients, overbilling Medicare
A new report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reveals that some hospices are misleading...
Drug companies must now disclose most clinical trial results
For years, drug and medical device companies have been able to conduct clinical trials and then...
33 Senators call for Medicare-like option for all Americans
Last Thursday, 27 United States senators called for a Medicare-like option in the state health...
Many older adults not taking blood pressure drugs as prescribed
A new CDC report reveals that some seven out of ten older adults have high blood pressure. And...
Why should drug companies have extra monopolies?
In a Health Affairs article, Alfred Engelberg explains that over the course of the last 35...