Most of the news about seniors’ issues in Washington continues to center around prescription drug prices. However, a hearing on the problems facing Social Security was held last week. We start off with a report on the ...
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Federal Government Moves to Guarantee Access to Drugs
Keeping the U.S. drug supply chain secure, robust, and resilient is essential for the health and national security, and economic prosperity of the United States during emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic and for the p ...
Why is it so Hard to Lower Prescription Drug Prices?
Here is a big part of the answer. An analysis by Stat News of campaign finance records shows that the pharmaceutical industry donated to more than two-thirds of Congress as well as 2,467 state lawmakers during the last ...
Legislation to help “Notch Victims” is Introduced
Many of TSCL’s supporters are older and less affluent. And some of them are “Notch Victims,” individuals who receive lower Social Security benefits because they were born between the years of 1917 and 1926. Just year ...
New Alzheimer’s Drug Sparks Controversy
One of the biggest items in the news last week that is of interest to so many seniors is about a new drug, which will be marketed as Aduhelm, related to the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. We are not doctors or scient ...
Update for June 12, 2021
New Alzheimer’s Drug Sparks Controversy One of the biggest items in the news last week that is of interest to so many seniors is about a new drug, which will be marketed as Aduhelm, related to the treatment of Alzheim ...
Majorities of Democrats and Republicans want Government Action to Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Last week the nonprofit organization WestHealth released the results of a survey done for it by the Gallup organization. In their press release they said, in part: A new West Health/Gallup survey finds nearly all Dem ...
Senate Committee Hearing to Focus on High Drug Costs
The past few weeks we have reported on a hearing in the House of Representatives held by the Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding the prices that drug companies are charging for some of their drugs that are critic ...
Biden Administration Opposes Lawsuit that would Stop Drug Importation
Last year former President Trump’s administration approved importing drugs from Canada, where the prices of drugs are kept lower by law. Although there has been a provision in law since 2003 that gives a presidential ad ...
Update for June 5, 2021
It turns out that our update this week could be called the “fight to reduce the costs of drugs” update. The major news last week was all about the high costs of drugs and actions being taken to lower them. As TSCL su ...