Merck Lawsuit: ‘Shameless Greed’ – Common Dreams “Americans pay more for medicines than any other country. The Biden administration’s drug pricing reform aims to save $25 billion annually by 2031 through price negotiations for Medicare.” – NBC News “Merck sued the US government over a law passed last year that empowers Medicare to negotiate prices of …
A Resonant Topic in Georgia’s Senate Runoff: Insulin Prices – New York Times How big is the problem? How many people in Georgia have diabetes? How many have health insurance? Why did Republicans block the insulin price cap passed by Democrats? How does that hurt Georgians? How important is Georgia Senate runoff to capping insulin …
Republicans block insulin price caps in the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act. Why? Follow the money. Republican senators voted down a cap on the price of insulin in the private market, removing it from Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act. Democrats had tried to preserve the provision to cap insulin costs at $35 for private insurers, but that …
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Why does insulin cost eight times more in America than Canada? Follow the money from Big Pharma to Republican Senators keeping drug prices high with their filibuster. Prices for insulin in America doubled between 2012 and 2016. Democrats in the House of Representatives voted Thursday to approve legislation that would limit cost-sharing for insulin under private health insurance …
