At the pharmacy counter, patients usually get the easiest assignment in American healthcare: pay whatever the screen says. Behind that number lies a chain of contracts, rebates, fees, and reimbursements that can make buying medicine feel like hiring a magician…
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Massive companies that oversee prescriptions for tens of millions of Americans will soon be required to provide detailed information on how much money they make from drugmakers, under a new regulation released Thursday by the Trump administration. Under the Labor…
Medicare beneficiaries could save more than $1 billion in copayments on prescription drugs in 2027 under new drug pricing guidelines proposed by the federal government on July 2. The provision is part of the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which Congress created to assist providers…
(NewsNation) — Millions of Medicare beneficiaries may be interested in the new Medicare GLP-1 Bridge program, but not everyone qualifies. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the temporary program provides eligible participants access to certain weight-loss drugs for a…
One of the components is an update to Medicare’s drug pricing model, basing pricing on the average sales price across a number of nations. The rule, due to take effect on Jan. 1, “would untether Medicare pricing from the statute and…
Consumers and employers are struggling to keep pace with the rising cost of prescription medications, and large pharmacy benefit managers are coming under increased scrutiny as a source of the high prices A new analysis shows the independent pharmacy Cost…
President Trump loves protectionism but he gives Americans the same “protection” that the wolf gave to the lamb. On January 20, the Food and Drug Administration and Customs and Border Protection will effectively ban almost all personal prescription imports, bushwhacking millions…
New York Times reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg wrote one of the most hilarious, misleading pieces I’ve seen in recent months, castigating the NIH for a new vaccine injury clinic based on a leaked statement by Jack Leslie, a senior advisor…
Median net launch prices for new drugs climbed between 2022 and 2025 to $257,000, according to a new ICER and West Health report that also found persistent coverage and access barriers for patients. The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) and West…
Prescription drug prices under Trump: TrumpRx, most-favoured-nation pricing deals with drugmakers, pharmaceutical tariffs, and deals on GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.
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