The week in prescription drug pricing: what moved, what it means for patients, and what comes next.
Kim K blessing precedes price hikes. Transparency pays in Cali. And did we mention a new super duper PAC?
News Jul 9, 2018Summer temperatures and drug prices rise. PBMs see dramz. And a slap on the wrist that (hopefully) stings.
News Jul 2, 2018States want to lasso drug costs. Voters are basically screaming for Congress to lower drug prices — will anyone listen?
News Jun 25, 2018An investigation into patient assistance programs reveals the truth. They are a tool used by Big Pharma to drive up drug prices and keep cash flowing in. — (KARE11)
News Jun 18, 2018Are “massive” drug price cuts around the corner? Novartis raises drug prices. And the CREATES Act jumps a key hurdle.
News Jun 11, 2018Drug prices crush seniors with rationed pill stashes. Sen. Claire McCaskill sends the Sunshine Act to CrossFit classes.
News Jun 4, 2018Pharma drinks from both sides of the trough. The little-known trick Medicare beneficiaries can use to save cash.
News May 28, 2018Ohio takes aim at gag clauses. A patient yells into the void. And the federal government doses shame. Welcome to the Week in Review in drug pricing!
News May 14, 2018A stormy turn in the drug pricing world and a Rose Garden speech by the president that could have used more thorns.
News May 1, 2018Patients in Maine are celebrating the passage of a new law that would help Mainers understand why prescription drugs prices keep rising.