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 ...
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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 ...
More Doctors Could be on the way to Underserved Areas of the U.S.
Modern Health Care reports that there is a push by members of Congress to bring more physicians to rural and underserved areas experiencing shortages. Lawmakers have reintroduced a plan to allow more international phys ...
Fight for Lower Drug Prices Heats up in Congress
For the last couple of weeks we’ve also reported on a hearing by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding the prices that drug companies are charging for some of their drugs that are critical for the health ...
President’s Budget Leaves out Plans for Lowering Drug Prices
Last week we reported that President Biden’s FY 2022 budget proposal was not expected to included specific legislative proposals for lowering drug prices or fixing Social Security and Medicare. That turned out to be c ...
Drug Company Head Faces Grilling Over Massive Increases in Drug Price
Last week we reported that Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, was going to hold a hybrid hearing to examine the pricing and business practices of AbbVie Inc., which ...
Sanders Hopes to Fix Doctor Shortage
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), has announced that he will seek legislation to increase the number of doctors being trained in the U.S. Sanders, who is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Securi ...
President Will Not Propose Lowering Drug Prices in His Budget
When he ran for President last year Joe Biden made fixing health care, including Medicare and Medicaid, part of his campaign. Since becoming President, he has called on Congress to approve a plan to allow Medicare to lo ...
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