drug prices
Democrats Did Something Big On Health Care And Nobody Is Paying Attention
House Democrats passed a major health care bill last December, one that promises substantial, much-needed relief to Americans struggling with cost of prescription drugs. Yet somehow, almost no one outside of Washington seems to be paying attention. The most important provision of the bill would allow the federal government to negotiate directly with manufacturers over …
The health care industry reaps huge profits from private insurance – Axios
Private health insurance is a conduit for exploding health care spending, and there’s no end in sight. The big picture: Most politicians defend this status quo, even though prices are soaring. And as the industry’s top executives and lobbyists gathered this week in San Francisco, some nodded to concerns over affordability — but then went …
U.S. Healthcare Sector Faces Major Uncertainties In 2020
Getty As was noted last year, crystal ball gazing is a perilous activity in this unpredictable world of ours. No-one can say with any degree of certainty how international conflicts will unfold, what will happen politically, and whether the economy will plunge into recession. Generally, as a social science, economics has poor predictive power. And, economists …
The Health 202: Democrats forced GOPers to vote on their drug bill. Now the campaign ads are here.
THE PROGNOSIS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during a talk about lowering the cost of prescription drugs. (Elaine Thompson/AP) President Trump and nearly every House Republican opposed Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s drug pricing bill when she held a vote on it last month. Now, some high-profile Democratic operatives are readying a 2020 campaign to go after vulnerable …
The Health 202: A judge ruled Trump administration can’t mandate drug prices in TV ads
THE PROGNOSIS Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar listens as President Trump delivers a speech about lowering prescription drug prices. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The Trump administration has run up against a legal wall in its first big effort to lower drug prices. But there’s a good chance Congress will help it climb over. Late last …
