Health Care Costs

This story also ran on The Washington Post. This story can be republished for free (details). For some older people, the joy of sex may be tempered by financial concerns: Can they afford the medications they need to improve their experience between the sheets? Medicare and many private insurers don’t cover drugs that are prescribed […]

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This story also ran on The New York Times. This story can be republished for free (details). Millennials, beware: Your grandparents are about to start calling you for help downloading the new Medicare smartphone app. The iPhone and Android app, which launched Feb. 6, is called “What’s Covered,” and true to its name, it mostly […]

Related Story Talk About Déjà Vu: Senators Set To Re-Enact Drug Price Hearing Of 60 Years Ago Check out the similar language used by senators as well as industry CEOs to defend or attack drug prices, industry views and patients’ hardships paying for drugs. That was then: “ It would appear from the great number […]

This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). Kenneth Frazier, CEO of pharma giant Merck, is set to face senators Tuesday who say drug costs are “sky-high” and “out of control.” But Frazier doesn’t need new talking points. Sixty years ago, a different panel of senators grilled a different […]

Related Stories Talk About Déjà Vu: Senators Set To Re-Enact Drug Price Hearing Of 60 Years Ago Feb 22 Today’s Concerns About Drug Prices Echo The Past Feb 22 This week the CEOs of major pharmaceutical firms will come to Capitol Hill to defend their products’ prices. The hearing before the Senate Finance Committee is […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he intends to bring down skyrocketing drug prices by leaning on an existing federal law that could enable the state to import prescription meds wholesale from Canada, where they’re much cheaper. He’s citing direct support from President Donald […]

This story also ran on USA Today. This story can be republished for free (details). Watch The Full Hearing Watch Now Expect sparks to fly Tuesday as senators get a rare chance to grill the heads of seven major pharmaceutical companies under oath about the budget-busting prices of prescription drugs. Expect to hear more from […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Senators got their first opportunity Tuesday to prod drugmakers about the wallet-emptying prices they charge for prescription drugs. Almost in unison, the executives expressed support for eliminating rebates that flow to industry middlemen instead of patients; for increasing transparency about how they set prices; […]

This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). Carol Marley wants everyone to know what a life-threatening cancer diagnosis looks like in America today. Yes, it’s the chemotherapy that leaves you weak and unable to walk across the room. Yes, it’s the litany of tests and treatments — the […]