From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Drug companies like to claim that the reason they set their prices so high is that they have to spend a lot of money to research and develop new drugs. But, you know … Continued
From Families USA (http://www.familiesusa.org): This week Democratic House Leadership released their long-awaited legislation, H.R.3, to rein in prescription drug prices. This legislation would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices and otherwise hold drug companies accountable for outrageous prices. For far … Continued
From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): Any American who has paid the price of a patent-protected medicine knows the core flaw in the U.S. prescription drug system: our elected leaders have handed over control to profit-hungry corporations. And for-profit corporations gonna … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): For the first time ever, Congress has an opportunity to pass bipartisan legislation that will ban surprise medical bills, and would protect patients while holding down health care costs and premiums. [1] That’s right—bipartisan legislation that … Continued
Posted at https://faithinhealthcare.org/fhc/long-it-takes-type-1-diabetes-patient-sara-skipper-fights-insulin-affordability A shorter version of this article by Faith in Healthcare’s editor first appeared last week in Sojourners: It was when Sa’Ra Skipper was at her lowest point, staring death in the face every day, that she realized … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): PHAN has long been pushing for lawmakers in Harrisburg to create more protections for Pennsylvanians who receive a surprise medical bill. But, instead of taking action to protect you, some lawmakers are actually trying … Continued
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (http://www.cbpp.org): Here’s what we know: Official poverty rate went down while median income stayed the same: The official poverty rate fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2018, from 12.3 percent in 2017 … Continued
From Families USA (http://www.familiesusa.org): The U.S. Census Bureau released devastating news on health coverage: In 2018, the number of uninsured individuals in America increased by 1.9 million, bringing the uninsured rate from 7.9% in 2017 to 8.5% in 2018. This is … Continued
Posted at https://www.clasp.org/publications/report/brief/children-and-families-trouble-census-data-show-declining-health-coverage Nearly a decade into a long economic recovery from the Great Recession, the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty and health insurance reports for 2018 show resounding signs of trouble for our country’s lowest-income residents. Most alarmingly, the number … Continued
From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): The Medicaid “managed care” story told in Part One, where billions of taxpayer dollars are spent paying private corporations that regularly cut corners and fail to provide promised care, is mirrored by the tale of … Continued