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Could Prescription Drug Costs Change for Medicare Users? Experts Weigh In
Americans pay significantly more for prescription medications, with branded drugs in the U.S. costing about three times more ...
Study finds increase in Medicare Part D beneficiaries affected by insurers exiting the marketplace
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which included many changes to Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits, improved ...
Modern Healthcare3d
UnitedHealth Group to cut Medicare drug plan commissions
UnitedHealth Group will stop compensative brokers and sales agents who sell new Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.
Loss of Medicare Part D subsidy linked to higher mortality among low-income older adults
While it may seem intuitive that people would die without life-saving medications, Penn and Harvard researchers have ...
The American Journal of Managed Care3d
Specialty Drug Users to Gain Relief Under Medicare Reforms
A new analysis looked at estimated out-of-pocket costs for etanercept, ustekinumab, and ibrutinib, specialty drugs that often ...
Health Affairs6d
In Price Negotiations, Medicare Should Reassess How It Determines A ‘Qualifying Single Source Drug’
Conflicting QSSD definitions from two federal agencies mean that CMS’ administrative authority on drug pricing and payment is ...
Las Vegas Sun1d
The long road to lower drug prices
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aiming to significantly reduce prescription drug prices in the United ...
JD Supra5d
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: The Inflation Reduction Act “Pill Penalty” and Other IRA Reforms on the Horizon for 2026
When Congress adopted the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022, creating the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (MDPNP), the bill did ...
Becker's Hospital Review6d
CMS proposes adding Part B drugs to price negotiation program: 5 notes
CMS proposed several changes for the third round of Medicare drug price negotiations, including the potential inclusion of some drugs under Medicare Part B, in a draft guidance published May 12. The ...
Newsweek6d
Could Prescription Drug Costs Change for Medicare Users? Experts Weigh In
However, whether the change in cost reaches Medicare recipients ... "Drugs filled at retail pharmacies under Medicare Part D, like insulin or blood pressure medications, would not be included ...
A Medicaid fix without the tricks
Republicans can save $880 billion over 10 years in Medicaid by block-granting the federal portion, providing maximum state ...
Medicaid cuts inch closer
After a 26-and-a-half-hour markup, Republicans on Wednesday advanced the health care section of the GOP’s sweeping tax bill ...