GOP, Dems offer compromise to reduce drug costs for seniors
5 years, 5 months ago

GOP, Dems offer compromise to reduce drug costs for seniors

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Two veteran senators — a Republican and a Democrat — unveiled compromise legislation Tuesday to reduce prescription drug costs for millions of Medicare recipients, while saving money for federal and state health care programs serving seniors and low-income people. Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley and Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden said the bill would for the first time limit drug copays for people with Medicare’s “Part D” prescription plan, by capping patients’ out-of-pocket costs at $3,100 a year starting in 2022. “This legislation shows that no industry is above accountability.” The White House encouraged the Senate negotiations, and spokesman Judd Deere said the Trump administration stands ready to “work with senators to ensure this proposal moves forward and advances the president’s priority of lowering drug prices.” Democrats controlling the House want to go farther by granting Medicare legal authority to directly negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies. Grassley’s office said the bill will force drugmakers and insurers to take greater responsibility for keeping Medicare prescription prices in line, instead of foisting increases on taxpayers and beneficiaries.

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Health Care Premiums Could Go Up Fast If Republicans Don't Act
1 month ago

Health Care Premiums Could Go Up Fast If Republicans Don't Act

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. The finding was about the cost of health insurance for people who buy private coverage through the Affordable Care Act, the landmark legislation that Democrats passed and then-President Barack Obama signed in 2010. But in the Affordable Care Act’s early years, those tax credits were smaller than the …

Democrats can still pull off a victory before year's end: Lowering drug costs once more
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Democrats can still pull off a victory before year's end: Lowering drug costs once more

Salon  

Democrats have a golden opportunity to lower drug prices — again — before the next Congress begins on Jan. 3. Democrats and Republicans alike support two bills that'd rein in pharmacy benefit managers — the gigantic and secretive "pharmaceutical middlemen who squeeze small pharmacies' profits and raise costs for consumers," as Vice President Kamala Harris described them during the campaign. …

Maryland Lawmakers Approve Plan to Cap Prescription Drug Prices
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Maryland Lawmakers Approve Plan to Cap Prescription Drug Prices

Associated Press  

Maryland lawmakers have approved a plan to enable a state board to cap the price that state and local governments pay for certain high-cost prescription drugs. The board, which is an independent agency with five members, is responsible for implementing cost-saving measures for prescription drugs. The plan applies to drugs purchased for employees in state and local governments and aims …

Medicare drug plans are getting better next year
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Medicare drug plans are getting better next year

LA Times  

Every year, Medicare officials encourage beneficiaries to shop around for their prescription drug coverage. “I might be able to afford fresh fruit in the wintertime.” The act, a climate and healthcare law that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris promote on the campaign trail as one of their administration’s greatest accomplishments, radically redesigned Medicare’s drug benefit, called Part D, …

Republicans Hint At Reigniting Obamacare Repeal After 2024 Elections
3 months ago

Republicans Hint At Reigniting Obamacare Repeal After 2024 Elections

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING It sure sounds like another prominent Republican is looking to roll back key parts of the Affordable Care Act. Sen. Tom Cotton told NBC News on Tuesday night that Republicans could take up significant health care policy reforms if they emerge from the November election with governing majorities. “We’ll have an opportunity next year, when it comes …

Feds sue pharmacy gatekeepers over high insulin costs
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Feds sue pharmacy gatekeepers over high insulin costs

Politico  

The action is just the latest government effort to take aim at high drug costs in the U.S., where patients and insurers spend more on medicine than other countries. “The FTC’s administrative action seeks to put an end to the Big Three PBMs’ exploitative conduct and marks an important step in fixing a broken system — a fix that could …

GOP Plans For Obamacare Finally Becoming Clear
3 months, 3 weeks ago

GOP Plans For Obamacare Finally Becoming Clear

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Vance said Trump had in mind a “deregulatory agenda so that people can choose a health care plan that fits them.” Americans have different health care needs, Vance explained, so it makes sense to “promote some more choice in our …

California may regulate and restrict pharmaceutical brokers
3 months, 3 weeks ago

California may regulate and restrict pharmaceutical brokers

LA Times  

A CVS pharmacy in Ramona, Calif. Pharmacy benefit managers owned by CVS and other chains are drawing growing scrutiny from state lawmakers. The proposed law, spearheaded by state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, a Democrat, would require PBMs to apply for a license by 2027 and would mandate that licensed PBMs pass along 100% of pharmaceutical manufacturers’ rebates to …

Biden deal to lower prescription drug prices will save taxpayers $6bn next year, Democrats say
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden deal to lower prescription drug prices will save taxpayers $6bn next year, Democrats say

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A landmark price negotiation between pharmaceutical companies and Medicare will …

Medicare Price Negotiations Have Led To Agreements On 10 Drugs
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Medicare Price Negotiations Have Led To Agreements On 10 Drugs

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The first-ever negotiations between the federal government and pharmaceutical companies have led to agreements that will lower the prices of 10 treatments, reducing costs for the Medicare program and for some individual seniors, the Biden administration announced early Thursday morning. “When these lower prices go into effect, people on Medicare will save $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs …

Medicare negotiated drug prices for the first time. Here’s what it got
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Medicare negotiated drug prices for the first time. Here’s what it got

NPR  

Medicare negotiated drug prices for the first time. Here’s what it got toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP The White House unveiled the fruits of months of negotiations between the government and pharmaceutical companies: new, lower Medicare prices for 10 blockbuster drugs. It took both sides to reach a good deal.” Sponsor Message The program selected the first 10 medicines for …

White House says prescription drug deals will produce billions in savings for taxpayers, seniors
4 months, 3 weeks ago

White House says prescription drug deals will produce billions in savings for taxpayers, seniors

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden depart after speaking about the administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs during an event at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Md., on Thursday. Taxpayers are expected to save billions after the Biden administration signed deals with pharmaceutical companies to knock down the list prices for 10 of Medicare’s costliest drugs. “I’ve …

In a first, Medicare has set prices for 10 drugs, saving billions
4 months, 3 weeks ago

In a first, Medicare has set prices for 10 drugs, saving billions

Politico  

This marks the first time Biden and Harris have rallied together in public since the president dropped his bid for a second term, and offers a chance for Harris to tout one of the administration’s signature domestic achievements. Asked whether it’s fair to compare the negotiated prices to individual drugs’ list prices, which don’t take into account rebates, Dr. Meena …

Biden admin to spend billions to blunt spike in Medicare drug premiums
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Biden admin to spend billions to blunt spike in Medicare drug premiums

Politico  

But efforts to alleviate the increase — by giving health insurers an extra $15 per member a month — have Republicans accusing the administration of attempting to buy a reprieve for a reliable voting bloc. “This is a way for the executive branch to implement a policy which has very positive political ramifications for them, but with very sketchy legal …

White House set to unveil Medicare price negotiation savings
5 months ago

White House set to unveil Medicare price negotiation savings

Politico  

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are slated to tout the details during an event in Maryland later that day, casting it as a key accomplishment of a policy platform focused on easing consumer costs that Democratic presidential nominee Harris has vowed to continue if elected in November. Both the White House and the Harris campaign have envisioned …

Medicare spending on Ozempic and similar diabetes drugs soars, study finds, and it could end up costing seniors
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Medicare spending on Ozempic and similar diabetes drugs soars, study finds, and it could end up costing seniors

CNN  

CNN — Medicare shelled out $5.7 billion on Ozempic and other similar diabetes drugs in 2022, up from $57 million in 2018, according to a new KFF analysis. “These drugs offer substantial potential health benefits, but the combination of intense demand, new uses, and high prices for these treatments is likely to place tremendous pressure on Medicare spending, Part D …

Republicans rip Biden's 'reckless' $7.3 trillion budget that will 'accelerate America's decline': Top GOP members says plan is a 'another example of disregard for fiscal responsibility'
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Republicans rip Biden's 'reckless' $7.3 trillion budget that will 'accelerate America's decline': Top GOP members says plan is a 'another example of disregard for fiscal responsibility'

Daily Mail  

House Republican leadership tore into President Biden's new budget plan for fiscal year 2025, deeming it a 'roadmap to accelerate America's decline.' House Republican leadership tore into President Biden's new budget plan for fiscal year 2025, deeming it a 'roadmap to accelerate America's decline' The White House plans to pay for its ambition agenda - which includes $3 billion for …

Previewing Biden’s State of the Union as president charges towards 2020 rematch
10 months ago

Previewing Biden’s State of the Union as president charges towards 2020 rematch

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She also said Mr Biden would use the annual message to Congress to “talk …

Column: A Trump judge slaps down Big Pharma’s attack on Biden’s drug price cuts
10 months ago

Column: A Trump judge slaps down Big Pharma’s attack on Biden’s drug price cuts

LA Times  

President Biden speaks during an event in August marking the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, which authorized Medicare to negotiate drug prices. “Understandably, drug manufacturers like AstraZeneca don’t like the IRA,” wrote Judge Colm F. Connolly, referring to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which authorized Medicare to negotiate with drugmakers over how much it would pay for …

New weight-loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay
1 year ago

New weight-loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay

LA Times  

Still, the upfront price tag for lifting the rule remains a challenge. Some research shows offering weight-loss drugs would assure Medicare’s impending bankruptcy. A Vanderbilt University analysis this year put an annual price of about $26 billion on anti-obesity drugs for Medicare if just 10% of the system’s enrollees were prescribed the medication. An analysis this year from USC’s Schaeffer …

Column: Big drug makers are whining about having to negotiate with Medicare, but they can’t afford not to
1 year, 2 months ago

Column: Big drug makers are whining about having to negotiate with Medicare, but they can’t afford not to

LA Times  

Medicare is finally allowed to negotiate prescription drug prices with drug companies. Given the pharmaceutical industry’s conviction that the government’s Medicare drug negotiation program will “deal a fatal blow” to its innovative research, “coerce” it into sacrificing its rightful profits, kill innocent patients and was also unconstitutional, naturally the companies would decline to participate. Knowing that Medicare can’t walk away …

Biden says that all 10 drugs targeted for the first Medicare price negotiations will participate
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden says that all 10 drugs targeted for the first Medicare price negotiations will participate

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the manufacturers of all of the first 10 prescription drugs selected for Medicare’s first price negotiations have agreed to participate, clearing the way for talks that could lower their costs in coming years and give him a potential political win heading into next year’s election. In announcing that price negotiations will go …

Why Republican Presidential Contenders Are Mostly Silent About Biden’s Signature Prescription Drug Policy
1 year, 3 months ago

Why Republican Presidential Contenders Are Mostly Silent About Biden’s Signature Prescription Drug Policy

Huff Post  

President Joe Biden speaks during an event celebrating the start of Medicare's prescription drug price negotiation at the White House on Aug. 29, 2023. “Unlike Donald Trump, President Biden had the courage to stand up to Big Pharma, and thanks to his and Democrats’ leadership, seniors won’t have to choose between putting a meal on the table and their life-saving …

Biden’s Medicare price negotiation push is broadly popular. But he’s not getting much credit
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden’s Medicare price negotiation push is broadly popular. But he’s not getting much credit

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is trumpeting Medicare’s new powers to negotiate directly with drugmakers on the cost of prescription medications — but a poll shows that any immediate political boost that Biden gets for enacting the overwhelmingly popular policy may be limited. Even among the Americans who support allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, approval of Biden’s handling of …

5 things to know about the new drug pricing negotiations
1 year, 4 months ago

5 things to know about the new drug pricing negotiations

Salon  

The Biden administration has picked the first 10 high-priced prescription drugs subject to federal price negotiations, taking a swipe at the powerful pharmaceutical industry. But that would be true only if companies aren't already pricing their drugs as high as the private market will bear, said Tricia Neuman, executive director of KFF's program on Medicare policy. At least six drug …

The Biden administration unveils the first 10 medications up for price negotiation
1 year, 4 months ago

The Biden administration unveils the first 10 medications up for price negotiation

NPR  

The Biden administration unveils the first 10 medications up for price negotiation A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: About a quarter of adults in the U.S. say they have to take four or more prescription medications. The Biden administration has picked 10 medications to start negotiating lower prices for Medicare patients, and it's overriding an argument from the pharmaceutical industry that reduced profits …

10 drugs targeted for Medicare price negotiations as Biden pitches cost reductions
1 year, 4 months ago

10 drugs targeted for Medicare price negotiations as Biden pitches cost reductions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden touted the potential cost savings of Medicare’s first-ever price negotiations for widely used prescription drugs on Tuesday as he struggles to convince Americans that he’s improved their lives as he runs for reelection. Currently, pharmacy benefit managers that run Medicare prescription plans negotiate rebates off a drug’s price. The new drug price negotiations aim “to …

US names 10 prescription drugs subject to price negotiations
1 year, 4 months ago

US names 10 prescription drugs subject to price negotiations

Al Jazeera  

Move is expected to cut costs for some patients but faces lawsuits from drugmakers and heavy criticism from Republicans. US President Joe Biden’s administration has released a list of 10 prescription medicines that will be subject to the first-ever price negotiations by the United States Medicare health programme, a move that could affect tens of millions of people. Biden’s signature …

Biden targets 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiations
1 year, 4 months ago

Biden targets 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiations

LA Times  

President Biden spoke at Irvine Valley College on Oct, 14, 2022, about his actions to protect and strengthen Medicare and Social Security. President Biden touted the potential cost savings of Medicare‘s first-ever price negotiations for widely used prescription drugs on Tuesday as he struggles to convince Americans that he’s improved their lives as he runs for reelection. Currently, pharmacy benefit …

Opinion: Here’s Big Pharma’s playbook to bankrupt Americans who can’t afford medications
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: Here’s Big Pharma’s playbook to bankrupt Americans who can’t afford medications

LA Times  

America’s pharmaceutical giants are now suing to block the federal government’s first effort at drug price regulation. Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act included what on its face seems a modest proposal: The federal government would for the first time be empowered to negotiate prices Medicare pays for drugs — but only for 10 very expensive medicines beginning in 2026. Those …

Arizona Republican With A Diabetes ‘Fixation' Voted Against Out-Of-Pocket Caps On Insulin
1 year, 4 months ago

Arizona Republican With A Diabetes ‘Fixation' Voted Against Out-Of-Pocket Caps On Insulin

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Rep. David Schweikert has what he describes as a “fixation” on how the disease of diabetes is affecting the United States. In March 2022, the House, then under Democratic control, passed the Affordable Insulin Now Act, which would have capped Medicare and private insurance enrollees’ monthly out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35. But in August 2022, President Joe …

What's a fair price for a prescription drug? Medicare's about to weigh in
1 year, 5 months ago

What's a fair price for a prescription drug? Medicare's about to weigh in

NPR  

What's a fair price for a prescription drug? Medicare can push back and signal its priorities to drugmakers Although this unprecedented negotiation process presents several tricky decisions for Medicare, experts said the need to keep finding better treatments for dire diseases looms largest. "This chronic tension between trying to make sure that we keep health care affordable and that we …

Biden launches new push to limit health care costs, hoping to show he can save money for families
1 year, 6 months ago

Biden launches new push to limit health care costs, hoping to show he can save money for families

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden on Friday plans to roll out a …

Biden launches a new push to limit healthcare costs, hoping to show he can save money for families
1 year, 6 months ago

Biden launches a new push to limit healthcare costs, hoping to show he can save money for families

LA Times  

President Biden on Friday rolled out a new set of initiatives to reduce healthcare costs: a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new guidance to prevent surprise medical bills and an effort to reduce medical debt tied to credit cards. Biden’s remarks will build on previous initiatives to limit healthcare costs, with the Department of Health and Human Services releasing new …

Drugmaker lobbying group sues over plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices
1 year, 6 months ago

Drugmaker lobbying group sues over plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices

Associated Press  

A key drugmaker lobbying group has joined the legal fight against the federal government’s plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices. PhRMA said in a federal court complaint filed Wednesday that the act forces drugmakers to agree to a “government-dictated price” under the threat of a heavy tax. It also says the program violates the due process clause of the Constitution’s …

The Biden Administration Deserves Credit For Recent IRA Win
1 year, 6 months ago

The Biden Administration Deserves Credit For Recent IRA Win

Huff Post  

President Joe Biden speaks about prescription drugs costs at the University of Nevada on March 15. But that’s not how things work anymore, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act ― you know, the law that President Joe Biden and the Democratic Congress spent more than a year debating before finally enacting it in August 2022 and that almost everybody seems …

Medicaid plans to audit the prices of costliest drugs
1 year, 7 months ago

Medicaid plans to audit the prices of costliest drugs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Tuesday it is planning to conduct a yearly audit to verify the prices drug makers charge on a handful of the costliest prescriptions covered by Medicaid. Under the proposal, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would require as many as 10 drug makers every year to furnish the government with proprietary and non-proprietary …

Biden says he’s focused ‘intensely’ on lowering drug costs
1 year, 9 months ago

Biden says he’s focused ‘intensely’ on lowering drug costs

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden on Wednesday said his administration was focused “intensely” on lowering health care costs and took aim at “MAGA” Republicans who he said are intent on dialing back Medicare coverage for millions of Americans. “Let’s protect the lower prescription drug costs for everyone” Already, the legislation caps the price of insulin at $35 for disabled …

Why Medicare is suddenly under debate again
1 year, 9 months ago

Why Medicare is suddenly under debate again

NPR  

Why Medicare is suddenly under debate again Enlarge this image toggle caption d3sign/Getty Images d3sign/Getty Images The White House released President Biden's $6.8 trillion proposed budget last week, listing his priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. NPR's Michel Martin, as co-host of All Things Considered, sat down this week with veteran health care journalist Julie Rovner, of Kaiser Health News, …

Healthcare coverage for millions in U.S. will turn on a debate emerging in Washington
1 year, 10 months ago

Healthcare coverage for millions in U.S. will turn on a debate emerging in Washington

LA Times  

President Biden used his State of the Union speech to bait Republicans into a fight over Medicare. Biden’s plan will “ask the wealthiest to pay a little more to ensure that this program is around for at least 25 more years for our seniors who need it,” White House budget director Shalanda Young told reporters in unveiling the spending plan …

Joe Biden plans new taxes on the rich to help save Medicare
1 year, 10 months ago

Joe Biden plans new taxes on the rich to help save Medicare

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed new taxes on the rich to help fund Medicare, saying the plan would help to extend the insurance program’s solvency by 25 years and provide a degree of middle-class stability to millions of older adults. He called Medicare a “rock-solid guarantee that Americans have counted on to be there for them when …

Joe Biden plans higher taxes on the rich to help fund Medicare: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Joe Biden plans higher taxes on the rich to help fund Medicare: Report

Hindustan Times  

President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed new taxes on the rich to help fund Medicare, saying the plan would help to extend the insurance program's solvency by 25 years and provide a degree of middle-class stability to millions of older adults. “The president’s plan would generate hundreds of billions of dollars – perhaps even approaching a trillion dollars – to …

Biden wants to tax people with large incomes to fund Medicare
1 year, 10 months ago

Biden wants to tax people with large incomes to fund Medicare

Firstpost  

Washington: U.S. President Joe Biden will propose raising the Medicare tax on high earners to help keep the federal insurance program solvent as part of his budget to be released on Thursday, the White House said. The tax increase is part of a package of proposals aimed at extending the solvency of the Medicare’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund by at …

Biden will seek Medicare changes, up tax rate in new budget
1 year, 10 months ago

Biden will seek Medicare changes, up tax rate in new budget

The Hindu  

President Joe Biden wants to increase taxes to boost funding for Medicare and expand the programme's ability to negotiate lower costs for prescription drugs, according to advance details of his budget proposal being released later this week. The Medicare tax rate would rise from 3.8% to 5% on income exceeding $400,000 per year, including salaries and capital gains. “This modest …

GOP taking budget advice from Trump official who wants to cut $2 trillion from Medicaid
1 year, 10 months ago

GOP taking budget advice from Trump official who wants to cut $2 trillion from Medicaid

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. The right-wing official who served as budget director for the Trump administration is reportedly playing a significant advisory role for House Republicans as they seek to leverage a fast-approaching debt ceiling crisis to enact spending cuts that would disproportionately impact low-income households. According toThe Washington Post, former Office of Management and Budget chief …

Republicans Could Target Medicaid Benefits If They Don't Touch Medicare And Social Security
1 year, 10 months ago

Republicans Could Target Medicaid Benefits If They Don't Touch Medicare And Social Security

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. “The assumption that there is lots of easy money to save is wrong, something I learned running a state Medicaid program.” - Drew Altman, KFF There’s a saying in politics that poor programs remain poor, and there’s a lot of truth to that. KFF “The assumption that there …

U.S. government to start imposing inflation penalties on drugmakers in 2025
1 year, 11 months ago

U.S. government to start imposing inflation penalties on drugmakers in 2025

The Hindu  

The U.S. government will begin imposing penalties in 2025 on drug companies that charge its Medicare program prices that rise faster than inflation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Thursday. The agency issued initial guidance on how it will implement a provision in President Joe Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act that penalizes drugmakers for raising prices faster …

Rep. Scott Peters’ Pharma Ties Complicate Bid To Lead Moderate Democrats
2 years, 1 month ago

Rep. Scott Peters’ Pharma Ties Complicate Bid To Lead Moderate Democrats

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As Republicans prepare to take over the House with a narrow majority, House Democrats’ largest moderate faction, the New Democrat Coalition, is poised to play a potentially critical role in bipartisan legislation. Kuster’s allies and advocates for affordable prescription drugs are shining a light on Peters’ role as a prominent obstacle to legislation empowering Medicare to negotiate …

Biden pushing lower prescription drug costs in midterm press
2 years, 2 months ago

Biden pushing lower prescription drug costs in midterm press

Associated Press  

IRVINE, California — President Joe Biden is highlighting his administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs on Friday as part of his three-state Western tour this week, as he confronts a sobering inflation report in the waning weeks before midterm elections. And on a month-to-month basis, such “core” prices soared 0.6% for a second straight time, defying expectations for a …

Millions of Americans will save on Medicare fees next year
2 years, 3 months ago

Millions of Americans will save on Medicare fees next year

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For the first time in a decade, Americans will pay less next year on monthly premiums for Medicare’s Part B plan, which covers routine doctors’ visits and other outpatient care. “That can really be used to pay off credit cards, to restock pantries that have gotten low because people can’t afford to buy as much today as they …

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