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Prescription Drugs

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Controlling Health Care Costs

Key Provisions of Drug Pricing Proposals

publication / Apr 26, 2021

prescription drug prices in the US

Controlling Health Care Costs

Paying for Prescription Drugs Around the World: Why Is the U.S. an Outlier?

Issue Briefs / Oct 05, 2017

Pharmacist and patient discussing prescription drugs

Controlling Health Care Costs

The Case for Drug-Pricing Reform — The Cost of Inaction

blog / May 26, 2021

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Pills pouring out into a mans hand

Controlling Health Care Costs

Allowing Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices

Explainer / May 05, 2021

Medicare recipient sorting prescriptions

Controlling Health Care Costs

Inflation Rebate Penalty for Drug Companies

Explainer / Jun 17, 2021

Woman and pharmacist speaking, both wearing masks

Controlling Health Care Costs

Medicare Part D Redesign

Explainer / May 05, 2021

Doris Hölzl, pharmacist, gives FFP2 masks to a customer in a pharmacy in Berlin-Wilmersdorf as part of the free distribution of FFP2 masks to risk groups.

Controlling Health Care Costs

External Reference Pricing: The Drug-Pricing Reform America Needs?

Issue Briefs / May 27, 2021

senior woman on phone looks at pill packets on table

Controlling Health Care Costs

How Federal Drug-Pricing Proposals Could Affect Medicaid

blog / Aug 19, 2021

blue pills in machine manufactured with white gloved hand in background

Controlling Health Care Costs

Reducing Medicaid Prescription Drug Costs While Maintaining Beneficiary Access: MACPAC Recommendations for Accelerated-Approval Drugs

blog / Aug 18, 2021

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Boston Medical Center nurses and doctors orchestrate care for patients on April 15, 2020. Officials interviewed in Massachusetts and 10 other states said that hospital spending, particularly in the form of high prices, is a key driver of rising health care costs. Photo: Erin Clark/Boston Globe via Getty Images

Controlling Health Care Costs

States Take on Affordability — Hospital and Pharmaceutical Spending Are Pressing Priorities, but Difficult to Tackle

Blog / Jan 26, 2023

Bottles of prescription drugs move down an automated line at Intermountain Heathcare in Midvale, Utah, on Sept. 10, 2018. For the first time, Medicare will be negotiating with drug manufacturers to set prices for certain high-cost prescription medications — a change that could save as much as $100 billion over 10 years. Photo: George Frey/Getty Images

Controlling Health Care Costs

CMS Announces Public Comment and Engagement Opportunities in Medicare Drug Negotiation Process

Blog / Jan 20, 2023

Maureen Dixon displays her pills organizer that she uses to keep track of the prescription drugs, vitamins, insulin and arthritis injections she takes at her home in Medford, MA on Jan. 9, 2020.

Controlling Health Care Costs

Making Prescription Drugs Affordable: Options for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

Blog / Nov 10, 2022

First-grade student Daniel Cano and his mom, Sonia Cano, walk past an elementary school on July 26, 2021, in Los Angeles.

Achieving Universal Coverage

Family Glitch Fix Provides New Affordable Coverage Option

Blog / Nov 03, 2022

Repeated pills on the blue background

Controlling Health Care Costs

How Should Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices? A Summary of the Options

Explainer / Oct 27, 2022

Illustration of a ballot box with various health care symbols and concerned voters

Achieving Universal Coverage

Why the Midterm Elections Matter for Health Care

Podcast / Oct 21, 2022

Pharmacy manager Latoya Ross fills a prescription order for a patient in East Cleveland, Ohio. Ohio is one of seven states with a prescription drug affordability board established to rein in drug costs.

Controlling Health Care Costs

Can State Prescription Drug Affordability Boards Address High-Cost Drug Prices?

Blog / Oct 11, 2022

Illustration of medicine and dollar signs being crushed by a signed bill

Controlling Health Care Costs

What the Inflation Reduction Act Really Means for Health Care

Podcast / Sep 09, 2022

Photograph of rows of prescription drugs with pills inside

Controlling Health Care Costs

The Federal 340B Drug Pricing Program: What It Is, and Why It’s Facing Legal Challenges

Explainer / Sep 08, 2022

President Joe Biden stands at podium

Controlling Health Care Costs

The Inflation Reduction Act is a Milestone Achievement in Lowering Americans’ Health Care Costs

Blog / Aug 15, 2022

A pharmacy manager retrieves a bottle of antibiotics from the shelf

Controlling Health Care Costs

The Impact of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers on U.S. Drug Spending

Issue Briefs / Jul 20, 2022

A view of the Food and Drug Administration’s campus

Controlling Health Care Costs

The Accelerated Approval Pathway for New Drug Therapies: Controversies and Proposed Fixes

Explainer / Jul 14, 2022

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