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To Help Patients Save Money, Congress Needs to Tackle the Middlemen in Health Care

January 27, 2023

By Sally C. Pipes As a Republican-controlled House of Representatives with a small majority opens for business in January, one member has especially big ideas for saving patients money on … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Health Care Middlemen, Health Insurance, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Prescription Drug Prices, Sally C. Pipes

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340B Doesn’t Solve Health Inequities

December 23, 2022

By Amy Hinojosa Advocates have long fought for federal funding to reach people in most need. Back in 1992, Congress established the 340B drug pricing program, which guaranteed drug discounts to … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: 340B, Amy Hinojosa, Prescription Drug Prices

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Price Controls Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Communities

December 11, 2021

By Gary Puckrein Congressional Democrats are still trying to come to an agreement on their social spending bill. On the health care front, lawmakers have been working for months to craft … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Gary A. Puckrein, Prescription Drug Prices

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“March In” Is Not the Answer

March 13, 2021

By Howard Dean All Democrats and many Republicans are committed to making prescription drugs more affordable. There is one strategy that is likely to make things worse: overriding patents on … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Howard Dean, Prescription Drug Prices

Price Controls Rob Patients of Future Therapies

September 12, 2020

By Peter J. Pitts President Donald Trump just announced a sweeping executive order that’d forbid Medicare from paying more for advanced medicines than any other developed country. This price … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Peter J. Pitts, Prescription Drug Prices

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Trump’s Socialist Attack on Americans’ Health and Medical Innovations Must be Stopped

September 5, 2020

By Drew Johnson Imagine if Barack Obama signed an executive order implementing socialist price controls on prescription drugs. And suppose that decision limited the drugs available to patients, … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Drew Johnson, Prescription Drug Prices

Trump Administration Ends Pharmacy Coupons When Patients Need Them Most

August 21, 2020

By Peter J. Pitts For chronically ill Americans, the economic damage from COVID-19 could be nearly as life-threatening as the virus itself. More than 40 million workers have filed for … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Peter J. Pitts, Prescription Drug Coupons, Prescription Drug Prices

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Price Controls Punish U.S. Innovators and Economy

May 23, 2020

By Sally C. Pipes America’s biopharmaceutical industry dwarfs most other economic sectors. It’s one of our nation’s single biggest job creators, supporting close to a million positions across the … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Prescription Drug Prices, Sally C. Pipes

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Sharp Cuts to Research Funding Would Deprive Patients of Hope

January 3, 2020

By Mary Stabile Congress is poised to pass two separate bills designed to bring down drug prices. House Democrats and Senate Republicans are advancing bills that would set prices on prescription … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Mary Stabile, Prescription Drug Prices

AARP Talks the Rising Cost of Prescription Medication

October 17, 2019

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Nancy Koch knows physical pain. She has a chronic auto immune disease, that won’t get better and is most likely only going to get worse. To help keep her body functioning, … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Gwen Moore, Nancy Koch, Prescription Drug Prices

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