Tag: drug prices

When President George H.W. Bush signed a bill into law creating the Section 340B Drug Pricing Program in 1992, it had broad bipartisan support. The goal of the program was...

Congress created the 340B Drug Pricing Program more than 30 years ago with the goal of helping safety-net providers stretch limited resources to expand care for vulnerable patients.  Hospitals and...

During his February 24 State of the Union address, President Trump took a victory lap on prescription drug prices. He touted “most favored nation” pricing, highlighted the TrumpRx website, and...

For decades, Americans have paid higher drug prices than Canadian patients. But U.S. President Donald Trump is on a mission to change that. Last year, he announced plans to implement “Most Favoured...

TrumpRx Pretends to Fix Drug Prices When The Market Already Did WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, the Trump Administration rolled out a new website, TrumpRx.gov, to facilitate direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug...

The launch of TrumpRx has been framed as a breakthrough moment in lowering U.S. drug prices. The website promises to find “the world’s lowest prices” on prescription medicines and applies...

A single drug can cost up to 2 million dollars per treatment. In the light of COVID-19, patient groups and activists have been using the crisis of the moment to...

Some thoughts for 2020 what we need to do in order to tackle high drug prices....