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Retirees Applaud President Biden’s Forceful Call for Action to Lower Prescription Drug Prices
August 16, 2021: On Thursday, President Biden made remarks from the East Room of the White House to urge Congress to pass legislation that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, a policy the Alliance has been advocating for since its launc Read More >
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New Report Details Patient Advocacy Groups’ Reliance on Big Pharma Donations
July 06, 2021: An explosive new report by Patients For Affordable Drugs found that fifteen prominent patient advocacy groups, including groups that focus on specific diseases or conditions, have taken millions of dollars from drug corporations a Read More >
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Pandemic Swells Medicaid Enrollment to 80 Million People, a ‘High-Water Mark’
June 24, 2021: The pandemic-caused recession and a federal requirement that states keep Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled until the national emergency ends swelled the pool of people in the program by more than 9 million over the past year, acco Read More >
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U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge to the Affordable Care Act
June 21, 2021: In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit brought by the state of Texas to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This is the third time that the Supreme Court has upheld the law which provides health insurance for Read More >
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Device Makers Have Funneled Billions to Orthopedic Surgeons Who Use Their Products
June 17, 2021: Dr. Kingsley R. Chin was little more than a decade out of Harvard Medical School when sales of his spine surgical implants took off. Chin has patented more than 40 pieces of such hardware, including doughnut-shaped plastic cage Read More >
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New Alzheimer’s Drug Approved as Debate Heats Up Over Its Cost, Effectiveness
June 15, 2021: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently authorized Aduhelm, a controversial new Alzheimer's disease treatment created by Biogen. Aduhelm is the first new treatment approved for Alzheimer’s after a nearly 20-year hiatus i Read More >
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Drug Prices Rose at Twice the Inflation Rate in 2020
June 15, 2021: Leading House Democrats this week said they'll try to incorporate the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) — the bill that allows Medicare to directly negotiate reduced medication costs — into whatever infrastr Read More >
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Caring for an Aging Nation
June 03, 2021: A Variety of Services Booming Number of Seniors The Cost of Long-Term Care Services The Physical – and Financial – Burden The $61 Billion Price Tag Health care for the nation’s seniors looms large as the baby-boom gen Read More >
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As Pandemic Eases, Many Seniors Have Lost Strength, May Need Rehabilitative Services
May 21, 2021: Ronald Lindquist, 87, has been active all his life. So, he wasn’t prepared for what happened when he stopped going out during the coronavirus pandemic and spent most of his time, inactive, at home. “I found it hard to get u Read More >
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Congress Takes Significant Steps to Strengthen the Postal Service
May 17, 2021: The U.S. Senate confirmed two of President Biden’s nominees to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors last week: Ron Stroman, a former deputy postmaster general, and Amber McReynolds, chief executive of the National Vote at Read More >