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Lower Prescription Drug Prices – A Tri-Partisan Call Across America

Health Populi

voters, across the three-party landscape, agree on two healthcare issues this year: coverage of pre-existing conditions, and lowering the consumer-facing costs of prescription drugs. This is the tactic that most Americans say could lower prescription drug prices. There’s growing evidence that a majority of U.S.

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FTC Issues First Financial Penalty for a Health Breach Notification Rule Violation

HIPAA Journal

GoodRx is a Santa Monica, CA-based provider of a telemedicine platform that includes a free-to-use website and mobile app that consumers can use to track prescription drug prices and obtain coupons that provide discounts on medications. The platform can also be used to arrange telehealth visits and access other health services.

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Health Care Financing: How Inflation and Health Care Prices Could Hit the U.S. Consumer

Health Populi

Inpatient costs fell just below the prescription drug share of spending per person in the U.S. between 2017 and 2021. For prices , it was inpatient costs that rose most cumulatively between 2017 and 2021, by 28%, versus 17% for prescription drugs, 9% for outpatient and 7% for professional services.

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Gallup Reveals Americans’ Views on Industry Are the Lowest Since 2008 – Implications for Healthcare and Pharma

Jane Sarashon

Peoples’ highest ratings of industry in American occurred in 2017 when nearly 50% of people gave business a very or somewhat positive grade. And this issue is a key pillar in the Inflation Reduction Act, both for Medicare’s ability to negotiate Rx prices with industry as well as a cap on insulin drug prices for some patients.

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CMS Releases Guidance on Implementation of Rebate Programs for Certain Medicare Part B and Part D Drugs

Healthcare Law Blog

All rebate payments will be deposited into the Medicare Prescription Drug Account in the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 10] This allows CMS to identify drugs and biologics that are already discounted under the 340B Drug Pricing Program for its inflation rebate calculation. [11] 17, 2017). [12]

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Healthcare and the F-Word: Health Politics Rank High on November 6, 2018

Health Populi

“Let’s get this thing f-ing done,” Martha McSally passionately asserted on May 4, 2017. In this case, I feel it’s important to capture the Zeitgeist of the Republican Party’s commitment to cutting down the ACA since President Trump took office in January 2017. Paul Ryan said, on the floor of the U.S.

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CVS + Aetna: Inflection Point in US Healthcare, Merger Approved Update

Health Populi

I wrote this post on the deal as an inflection point in American healthcare on 3rd December 2017 when CVS and Aetna announced their marriage intentions. By far, the most serious issues facing American healthcare consumers were the lack of (1) affordable care, (2) affordable insurance, and (3) affordable drugs, shown in the bar chart.