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The Opaque Industry Secretly Inflating Prices for Prescription Drugs
The New York Times
Pharmacy benefit managers are driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers and the government.
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“Copay accumulators” put patients in middle of battle between insurers and drugmakers
Marketplace
Health care prices are on the rise across the board, and some patients have seen their out-of-pocket costs go up by thousands, thanks to a complicated insurance tactic called a copay accumulator.
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Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs
Kaiser Family Foundation
The high cost of health care is a burden on U.S. families and health care costs factor into decisions about insurance coverage and care seeking.
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Senators ask CEOs why their drugs cost so much more in the U.S.
NPR
CEOs of three drug companies faced questions from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions about why drug prices are so much higher in the United States than they are in the rest of the world.
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Six Reasons Drug Prices Are So High in the U.S.
The New York Times
Research shows prices in the United States are nearly double those in other well-off countries.
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How Gilead Profited By Slow-Walking A Promising H.I.V. Therapy
The New York Times
Gilead delayed a new version of a drug, allowing it to extend the patent life of a blockbuster line of medications, internal documents show.
What You Need To Know About The Drug Price Fight In Those TV Ads
Kaiser Health News
In recent months ominous ads about prescription drugs have flooded the TV airwaves.
Patients Squeezed In Fight Over Who Gets To Bill For Pricey Infusion Drugs
Kaiser Health News
Health insurers and medical providers are battling over who should supply high-cost infusion drugs for patients, with the tussle over profits now spilling into statehouses across the country.
Drugmakers Throw ‘Kitchen Sink’ To Halt Medicare Price Negotiations
The New York Times
The government will soon announce the first 10 medications that will be subject to price negotiations with Medicare under a new law.
Drug costs lead millions in the US to not take medications as prescribed, according to CDC
CNN
Millions of adults in the United States are not taking their medications as prescribed because of costs, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.