Healthcare & Drug Prices

4+ hour, 12+ min ago   (478+ words) 2017-08-01-A recently overlooked part of the health reform debate has been how to control rising costs. CBO: Drug Importation Saves $1 Billion Per Year A recently overlooked part of the health reform debate has been how to control rising costs. One…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (423+ words) If the US were to ratify it would need to adhere to the obligations as interpreted by the Committee that oversees the Covenant. This includes making healthcare affordable to everyone and ensuring that poorer households are not disproportionately burdened by…...

2+ day, 29+ min ago   (1177+ words) The National Party leader is in Auckland and will be taking part in TVNZ's Leaders' Debate tonight. Source: 1News (Source: Other) National says it will reduce New Zealand's foreign aid spending to boost Pharmac’s medicines budget and cancer screening, if elected....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (322+ words) The National Party wants to redirect foreign aid money into funding for new medicines, if it leads the next government. In a policy announcement that touches on the turf of both its coalition partners, National promises to reduce foreign aid…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1638+ words) President Donald Trump and other federal officials are claiming that deals the administration has struck with pharmaceutical companies are “rescuing state budgets” or helping to “save Medicaid” by saving the program tens of billions of dollars on prescription drugs over…...

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2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (177+ words) The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) holds an event on healthcare price transparency at 10:45 a.m. ET on Oct. 5 at HHS headquarters. What would you like to watch today? LIVE NOW: HHS Holds Event on Healthcare Price Transparency The Department…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (414+ words) A Parliamentary Standing Committee has urged the Union government to immediately restrict foreign direct investment in private hospitals, warning that an uncontrolled wave of foreign capital is pricing millions of Indians out of basic medical care. The panel’s report singles…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (96+ words) The Washington Post - Exclusive: The Trump administration is overhauling federal health price transparency rules compelling insurers to cut out unlikely “ghost rates,” and have put executives on the hook for the accuracy of their data - But regulators didn’t finalize certain…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (422+ words) Schakowsky and Pocan lead 71 lawmakers urging agencies to preserve access to imported prescription medicines. Members of Congress urge continued prescription drug imports: U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Mark Pocan led a letter signed by 71 House members asking HHS, DHS, the FDA…...