Drug Prices
A recent report in MobiHealth News explores how well-funded, established startups and fledgling companies alike are finding ways to cut the costs of prescription medications. Their services are targeted to the more than 27 million consumers who are uninsured or underinsured — including the 43…
Civica Rx is the brainchild of hospitals and health systems that formed a collaborative to hold down the spiraling costs of essential generic drugs. How is the plan working out? Civica Rx President and CEO Martin VanTrieste shares an update on the organization’s efforts on a new AHA Advancing…
The AHA is pleased that, in response to our successful lawsuit, the Health Resources and Services Administration today launched a new website to shine needed light on 340B drug pricing, which the government has found lacking. This website will help make sure hospitals participating in the program…
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today approved five AHA-supported bills aimed at reducing prescription drug prices.
About 34 percent of uninsured U.S. adults did not take their medication as prescribed in 2017 in order to reduce their prescription drug costs, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released today.
Legislative proposals for a Medicare public option could negatively affect patient access to care and significantly reduce payments to hospitals, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels said during a panel discussion today at America’s Health Insurance Plans’ National Health Policy Conference in…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today updated its Medicare and Medicaid drug spending dashboards with 2017 data.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today held a hearing to discuss seven bills aimed at increasing competition in the prescription drug market to lower prices.
The Senate Special Committee on Aging today concluded a two-part hearing on the impact of rising prescription drug costs on seniors and potential policy solutions.
Eight in 10 U.S. adults say prescription drug costs are “unreasonable,” and one in four say their prescription medicines are difficult to afford, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll.