Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/07/19/excluding-insulin-drug-price-reform-slap-face-advocates-say Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer should “do everything in his power” to immediately reinsert insulin price negotiation and a $35 monthly cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs into Democrats’ emerging reconciliation bill, said one expert. KENNY STANCIL July … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Good news! We’re hearing rumors that Congress is close to reaching an agreement on a new bill that would reduce prescription drugs prices, including allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices! We’re not sure … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): We are on the verge of passing a truly historic agenda that will lift up tens of millions of Americans, reduce childhood poverty, provide good jobs while transforming our economy towards investments in … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Drug prices in the U.S. are more than 2.5 times higher than other countries. Drug prices are so high, in fact, that many people actually have to skip filling their necessary medications as … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): This past Valentine’s Day, we asked you to share your experience with high prescription drug costs so we could tell your State Senators. The stories you told were devastating. “Chronic illness is expensive! … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): It’s the season of love, and there’s nothing we’d love more than prescription drug cost legislation now. If you’re struggling with the high cost of prescription drugs, you’re not alone. 1 in 2 Pennsylvanians are worried … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): In the midst of a public health and economic crisis, prescription drug costs are continuing to rise. Pennsylvania legislators should make addressing healthcare affordability one of their first actions in the new legislative session, … Continued
There are more than 1.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States and nearly 100,000 deaths. We must never become numb to those numbers. Instead, we must fight to ensure everyone can get treatment and a vaccine—regardless of … Continued
From Social Security Works (http://www.socialsecurityworks.org/): We have long hoped for lower prescription drug prices that protect the American people from Big Pharma’s runaway greed. And this week, we may finally get a vote in the U.S. House. Speaker Nancy Pelosi … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-08-26/health-issues/local-events-offer-help-to-fight-high-rx-costs/a67551-1 August 26, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window From 2012 to 2017 the average cost of brand name prescription drugs in PA rose 58%. (Burlingham/Adobe Stock) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvanians … Continued