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Just three pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) dominate retail prescriptions in Medicare Part D and Medicaid managed care across much of the country, with markets in nearly every state considered highly concentrated for at least ...
Feb 9, 2026
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The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which included many changes to Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits, improved prescription drug affordability for many U.S. seniors, but also raised concerns that some insurers would ...
May 16, 2025
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When it comes to health insurance, prescription drugs and other health costs, January 2025 was not a boring month.
Feb 5, 2025
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About 1 in 3 U.S. retail pharmacies have closed since 2010, with the vast majority of states experiencing an overall decline in drugstores in recent years, according to a new study from researchers at USC and the University ...
Dec 3, 2024
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There's a key but little-examined factor that likely helps explain Medicare Advantage's enrollment surge in recent years: It's much easier on beneficiaries' wallets compared to traditional Medicare.
Nov 7, 2024
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The IRA, a climate and health care law that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris promote on the campaign trail as one of their administration's greatest accomplishments, radically redesigned Medicare's drug ...
Oct 23, 2024
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Medicare's fall open enrollment, which runs Oct. 15 through Dec. 7, is an opportunity to review your benefits and make changes for 2025.
Oct 11, 2024
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Removing protected class regulation from Medicare prescription drug policies could greatly reduce the United States' prescription drug spending—this could have saved potentially $47 billion between 2011–2019, according ...
Oct 8, 2024
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In June 2019, Lija Greenseid handed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz an empty vial of insulin that her 13-year-old daughter had painted gold.
Oct 7, 2024
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As prescription oral chemotherapies have become a common form of cancer treatment, some patients were paying more than $10,000 a year for medications. A new study finds that efforts to cap prescription drug spending are yielding ...
Sep 10, 2024
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