Absent Federal Action, States Take The Lead On Curbing Drug Costs
Congress has yet to take substantive action on this growing consumer concern, but a number of states are flexing their cost-control muscle.
Drugs
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Out-Of-Pocket Costs Often Keep Pricey New Cholesterol Drugs Out Of Reach, Study Finds
Research published this week by JAMA Cardiology analyzed pharmacy claims data related to a new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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Right After Trump Blamed High Drug Prices On Campaign Cash, Drugmakers Gave More
At a political rally in March, President Donald Trump said drug prices are 鈥渙utrageous鈥 and blamed campaign contributions. Drugmakers funneled nearly $280,000 to Congress the very next day.
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News Analysis
Everyone Says We Must Control Exorbitant Drug Prices. So, Why Don鈥檛 We?
Any momentum to address prescription drug costs has been lost amid rancorous debates over replacing Obamacare and stalled by roadblocks erected via lobbying and industry cash.
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High On Drugs? Anthem Cites Soaring Drug Costs To Justify 35% Rate Hike in California
The company鈥檚 drug spending prediction, far above other insurers in the individual market, has experts scratching their heads. Anthem cites market volatility.
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The Orphan Drug Machine
Without Price Breaks, Rural Hospitals Struggle To Stock Costly, Lifesaving Drugs
A federal drug program blocks rural hospitals from getting discounts on rare-disease drugs, forcing staff to cut back on supplies of lifesaving medicines.
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The Orphan Drug Machine
FDA Moves To Guard Against Abuse Of 鈥極rphan Drug鈥 Program
Following a KHN investigation, the Food and Drug Administration has moved to speed up approvals of 鈥渙rphan drugs鈥 while closing a loophole that allowed drugmakers to skip pediatric testing.
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Meningitis B Vaccine鈥檚 High Price Poses A Health Care Conundrum For College-Bound
This immunization may mark a shift among some vaccine makers to higher-priced, 鈥渘iche鈥 preventives that protect against very specific and sometimes rare illnesses.
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St. Kitts Launches Probe Of Herpes Vaccine Tests On U.S. Patients
After a Kaiser Health News report on an offshore herpes vaccine trial that skirted FDA regulations, St. Kitts and Nevis officials claim they had no knowledge of the testing. An investigation is underway.
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Pioneering Cancer Gene Therapy Gets Green Light 鈥 And $475,000 Price Tag
The USA's first approved gene therapy 鈥 to be used to fight leukemia that resists standard therapies 鈥 will cost $475,000 for a one-time treatment.
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Facebook Live: The Prescription Drug Pricing Pipeline
In this Facebook Live, KHN鈥檚 Julie Appleby talks with Stephanie Stapleton and answers readers鈥 questions about the prescription drug pricing pipeline and the industry stakeholders who have a role in what you pay.
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Offshore Human Testing Of Herpes Vaccine Stokes Debate Over U.S. Safety Rules
Prominent businessmen and an American university supported offshore testing of an experimental vaccine.
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鈥楤reakthrough鈥 Leukemia Drug Also Portends 鈥楺uantum Leap鈥 In Cost
A genetically altered cancer drug, based on CAR T-cell therapies, could be a big success with leukemia patients but at a staggering cost.
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Dying At Home In An Opioid Crisis: Hospices Grapple With Stolen Meds
As more patients receive hospice care at home, some of the powerful, addictive drugs they鈥檙e prescribed are ending up in the wrong hands.
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Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Why Is It So Difficult To Control Drug Prices?
In this episode of 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Karlin-Smith of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News discuss the recent extension of cost-sharing subsidies for millions of low-income beneficiaries on the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 marketplaces and the state of play on Capitol Hill and in the states concerning initiatives to lower prescription drug costs.
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Climbing Cost Of Decades-Old Drugs Threatens To Break Medicaid Bank
Medicaid spent billions more in 2016 than the year before on decades-old prescription drugs, including many generics, a Kaiser Health News data analysis shows.
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Hospitals Slashed Use Of Two Heart Drugs After Huge Price Hikes
Hospital use of two popular heart medicines, nitroprusside and isoproterenol, dramatically dropped after the prices for both soared.
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Taking A U-Turn On Benefits, Big Employers Vow To Continue Offering Health Insurance
Three years ago, only about a quarter of the nation鈥檚 large employers were very confident they would have a health plan in 10 years. That number has now risen to 65 percent.
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To Grow Market Share, A Drugmaker Pitches Its Product To Judges
Some drug courts offer participants a full range of evidence-based treatment, including medication-assisted treatment. Others don't allow addiction medications at all. And some permit just one: Vivitrol.
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Florida Law Will Let Patients Get All Their Drug Renewals At The Same Time
The new law will help people with chronic conditions that require multiple prescriptions cut down on their shuttles to the drug store and could improve adherence to their drugs.