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US vs UK Healthcare. Boris, Trump vs Truth, with Stephen Fry
Will Boris and Trump privatise the NHS? How much would medicare for all cost in the US? Which healthcare system is most likely to save you? Killer facts are hidden by carefully constructed illusions.
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Scott Tweet Calls Out Insulin Prices in U.S.
Sen. Rick Scott called attention to the high prices of prescription drugs in the U.S., but the comparison he used left out a key detail.
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12-year-old Central Florida girl Raises Awareness About Rising Costs of Insulin
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Cost Comparison: Cheaper Epi Pen Options
Epi-pens are expensive. So how can you get some of the less expensive alternatives?
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Canada Warns U.S. Against Drug Import Plans, Citing Shortage Concerns Opens in a new window)
Canada opposes any U.S. plans to buy Canadian prescription drugs that might threaten the country’s drug supply or raise costs for its own citizens.
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'Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Loses Appeals of Conviction, Sentence Opens in a new window)
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the conviction and seven-year prison term of Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical executive known as "Pharma Bro".
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Personalized Treatments May Be Threatened by Drug Cost-Containment Proposals Opens in a new window)
These proposals, like others that would cut the costs of drugs, are clearly popular. But if implemented they could have disastrous unintended consequences.
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Drug Makers Flooded US with Billions of Opioid Pills as Epidemic Surged, Data Shows Opens in a new window)
Statistics are a blow to country’s biggest pharmaceuticals that paid millions of dollars in out of court settlements.
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A ‘No-Brainer’? Calls Grow For Medicare To Cover Anti-Rejection Drugs After Kidney Transplant Opens in a new window)
For nearly a half-century, Medicare has covered patients, regardless of age, who have end-stage renal disease, including paying the costs of kidney transplants and related care, which run about $100,000 per patient.
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Pharma Deploys its Top Guns to Capitol Hill as Senators Mull Drug Pricing Package Opens in a new window)
The pharmaceutical industry deployed its top guns to Capitol Hill on Wednesday as senators pushed to find consensus on a major package of drug pricing reforms.
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Who’s the Toughest on Drug Prices? A Game of Political One-Upmanship is Driving the Policy Debate in Washington Opens in a new window)
Whatever happens, biopharma will find itself pilloried at every campaign stop as the candidates pitch in with a popular and entirely bipartisan populist theme.
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On Drug Prices, Trump Must Resist Left-Wing Approaches that Would Lead to Disaster Opens in a new window)
Sounding a warning about how things could go wrong, particularly when it comes to the president's efforts to lower prescription drug prices.
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Car Shopping, Handbags And Wealthy Uncles: The Quest To Explain High Drug Prices Opens in a new window)
Drug pricing is incredibly complex and convoluted. Just explaining what it is — let alone how to fix it — is really hard.
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Bernie Sanders: We No Longer Accept Greed Of Pharmaceutical Industry
2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders talks about his vision on "Medicare for All."
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Who's Toughest on Drug Prices? Watch Trump and his 2020 Challengers Wrestle For the Title Opens in a new window)
One year away from the next presidential election, the rising cost of prescription drugs is once again at the forefront of American politics.
