The Inflation Reduction Act's policy capping out-of-pocket costs for insulin to $35 for a month's supply led to increases in the total number of insulin fills for Medicare beneficiaries, according to a new study from the ...
Jul 24, 2023
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When it comes to COVID, people living in disadvantaged communities are hit with a triple whammy. First, they're more likely to get infected, and when sick, are more likely to have serious disease. Second, they're more likely ...
Jun 22, 2023
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Deciding to go into therapy is a big move, one that people sometimes struggle with for a variety of reasons.
Apr 17, 2023
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A new study from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute found that only 1.8% of eligible Americans with commercial insurance received lung cancer screening. Rates were higher but still extremely low for Original Medicare ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Out-of-pocket costs for screening mammography have been mostly eliminated for women over 40 years old, but not for any needed follow-up procedures or testing if a screening mammogram is abnormal. A study by the Neiman Health ...
Mar 27, 2023
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French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi announced on Thursday it would cut the US price of its most prescribed insulin by 78 percent, falling in line with two other major drug makers.
Mar 17, 2023
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US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced Wednesday it was cutting the cost of its most commonly prescribed insulins by 70 percent after years of soaring prices that hit millions of Americans living with diabetes.
Mar 1, 2023
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Out-of-pocket costs can leave Medicare patients with the most common type of liver cancer in financial distress.
Feb 2, 2023
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A new study led by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham reports that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, blood or marrow transplant survivors faced higher out-of-pocket medical costs compared to siblings and ...
Dec 8, 2022
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Transportation to and from cancer centers for outpatient cancer treatments has been identified as one of the two most impactful out-of-pocket costs that cancer patients and their families incur, along with food costs.
Dec 7, 2022
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