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Congressional Democrats Want to Let Medicare Negotiate Prices With Drugmakers. Here's What That Could Mean for the Cost of Coverage
Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending plan calls for reducing Medicare drug costs, which may involve letting the government negotiate pharmaceutical prices.
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Biden Urges Congress to Work to Lower Prescription Drug Costs
On Thursday, President Biden called on Congress to work to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices directly, among other measures.
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White House Asks Court to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Drug Imports
The Biden administration is urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that could stand in the way of states like Florida allowing prescriptions drugs to be imported from Canada
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Fake Prescription Pills May Contain Lethal Dose of Fentanyl, DEA Says
Last year, 17-year-old Zach Didier of Rocklin, California, died when he took what he thought was a prescription pain pill he purchased from someone he met on Snapchat. The pill ended up being a counterfeit with a lethal amount of the powerful opioid fentanyl.
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Long Island Doctor, 75, Who Worked From Car Accused of Murdering 5 Patients
A Long Island doctor is facing murder charges after five patients allegedly died between 2016 and 2018 due to prescriptions he wrote. George Blatti, 75, was arraigned Thursday on five counts of murder in the second degree and 11 counts of reckless endangerment in the first degree. Blatti was remanded and is due back in court on March 30. If…
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Trump's Plan for $200 Medicare Drug Cards Advances, Though Hurdles Remain
A big hurdle was cleared Monday in President Trump’s push to send $200 payment cards to Medicare beneficiaries to help with prescription drug costs.
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Some Companies Are Sending Employees to Mexico for Cheaper Prescription Drugs
The coronavirus pandemic has restricted cross-border travel. People looking for cheaper prescription drugs are still making the trip south. It’s all because of high drug prices in the United States.
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Trump's Election-Eve Drug Discounts for Seniors Get Snagged
President Donald Trump’s plan to mail millions of seniors a $200 prescription savings card has hit legal and budget roadblocks, making it unlikely the government can carry it out before Election Day
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Dem Report Finds Postal Service Changes Delay Prescription Drugs
Delivery of mail-order prescription drugs was delayed significantly this summer after the new postmaster general ordered major changes in U.S. Postal Service operations.
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Postal Service Delays of Prescription Drugs Put Lives at Risk
Jan Stowe saw countless patients go through withdrawals during her 40-year nursing career, but last month she experienced it herself when the U.S. Postal Service failed to deliver her medication for chronic back pain and muscle spasms.
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Lawmakers: Postal Changes Delay Mail-Order Medicine for Vets
Policy changes that slow delivery at the U.S. Postal Service are taking a toll on military veterans, who are reporting much longer wait times to receive mail-order prescription drugs.
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With No New Law to Curb Drug Costs, Trump Tries Own Changes
President Donald Trump has been unable to land the big deal he sought with Congress to curb drug costs
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