Wash your hands and catch up on drug pricing news!
1. Done being silent
- Millennials with lifelong chronic illnesses need never-ending care and face alarmingly high and rising health care costs. That’s why members of this generation are speaking up to advocate for change across health care, including lowering drug prices. — (Teen Vogue)
2. Too much pain to smile
- Scarlett Woodard, of Georgia, can’t afford the pricey drug Lyrica to combat her chronic pain, and as a result, it hurts too much for her to smile. That’s why Woodard pushed back against the rigged system in a letter to her local paper, encouraging Congress to pass the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act. — (Albany Herald)
3. Address insulin list prices
- The Trump Administration proposed a program that aims to lower out-of-pocket costs for some Medicare beneficiaries. It’s not enough; we must address the skyrocketing list prices of insulin, the headwaters of the drug pricing crisis. — (The New York Times)
4. There are solutions
- P4AD Founder David Mitchell talks with podcast host and oncologist Chadi Nabhan. The two discuss solutions to lower drug prices, from reforming the U.S. patent system to pricing new gene therapies fairly. — (Outspoken Oncology)
5. Yes, it can be done
- Joe Grogan, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, penned an op-ed this week urging Congress to come together to pass drug pricing reform legislation. Yet again the administration endorsed thePrescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act, which would rein in drug price hikes and help seniors afford vital medications. Let’s get it done! — (WSJ)