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Generic Drug Manufacturer Announces Plans for Low-Cost Insulin
March 14, 2022: Uninsured and underinsured Americans often pay the highest out-of-pocket costs for their medicine, forcing many to choose between purchasing the medicine they need and covering essential living expenses. However, the country’s f Read More >
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President Biden Addresses Many of Retirees’ Highest Priorities at State of the Union
March 07, 2022: President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address last Tuesday, and he included several initiatives designed to improve the lives of older Americans. Noting that Americans continue to pay the highest prices in the Read More >
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Census Report Highlights Older Households’ Sources of Income
February 14, 2022: While Social Security makes up the largest share of most older adults’ incomes, other sources also provide earnings to people 65 and older. A new report from the United States Census Bureau analyzed older households’ sources o Read More >
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Key Senator Still Pushing for Legislation to Lower Drug Prices
January 28, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (OR) told Bloomberg News this week that a new version of the Build Back Better Act could be reintroduced with a focus on lowering prescription drug costs, expanding access to health care Read More >
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Democrats Urge Scaled-Back Build Back Better Act
January 21, 2022: Democrats in the House of Representatives continue to explore every possible avenue to pass a version of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act this year. After the $2.2 trillion Build Back Better Act passed the House back w Read More >
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Postal Reform Act Awaits a Vote to Strengthen the Post Office
December 21, 2021: As postal workers are working diligently to deliver holiday packages on time, the American Postal Workers Union is focused on a key piece of legislation – the Postal Reform Act, H.R. 3076 in the House and S. 1720 in the Senate. Read More >
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House Oversight Committee: Drug Prices are “Unsustainable, Unjustifiable and Unfair”
December 13, 2021: The pharmaceutical industry relies on drug-pricing practices that are “unsustainable, unjustified and unfair,” according to findings from a nearly three-year investigation by the House Oversight Committee. The conclusions, Read More >
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President Biden Outlines the Ways “Build Back Better” will Lower Drug Prices
December 13, 2021: President Biden, citing the "outrageously expensive" cost of insulin and other prescription medications, called on Congress last week to pass his Build Back Better bill, which contains multiple provisions to lower drug prices. Read More >
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New Report Shows Drug Price Hikes for 7 Medicines Were “Unjustified” and Cost Billions
November 30, 2021: According to a new report from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, prescription drug increases for seven out of 10 medications cost $1.7 billion last year. Researchers also determined that these seven price hikes were Read More >
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KHN: As Big Pharma and Hospitals Battle Over Drug Discounts, Patients Miss Out on Millions in Benefits
November 22, 2021: In early July, as the covid-19 pandemic slammed rural America, the president of a small Kansas hospital sat down on a Friday afternoon and wrote the president of the United States to plead for help. “I do not intend t Read More >