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Prescription Drugs

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Rows of pills

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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Prescription Drugs

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

Illustration of podcast host sitting on oversized headphones along with oversized mic and various health care symbols

Advancing Health Equity

Insights, Impacts, and an Invitation from The Dose

Podcast / Jun 17, 2022

Patient educator holds syringe up to examine it

Advancing Health Equity

Disparities in the Use of New Diabetes Medications: Widening Treatment Inequality by Race and Insurance Coverage

Issue Briefs / Jun 14, 2022

Biden and CEO walk past wall of drug advertisement in masks.

Controlling Health Care Costs

Public Good vs. Private Gain: The Role of Public–Private Partnerships in Drug Innovation and Pricing

Blog / Jun 08, 2022

Illustration of people of color standing in the shadows of a wall of medical items

Advancing Health Equity

A Prescription for Reducing Bias in Medical Care

Podcast / May 20, 2022

Travis Paulson looks at replacement insulin drugs NovoRapid (Canada) and NovoLog (U.S.) at his house

Controlling Health Care Costs

A Value-Based Approach to America’s Costly Prescription Drug Problem

Blog / May 06, 2022

Pharmacy attendant wearing a face mask while checking a patients insurance card

Controlling Health Care Costs

Are Pharmacy Benefit Managers the Next Target for Prescription Drug Reform?

Blog / Apr 20, 2022

Father with child on shoulders in mask walks with wife in park

Achieving Universal Coverage

A Fix for the Family Glitch

Blog / Apr 12, 2022

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