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Pundits and policymakers need a dose of facts — not the alternative kind — to cure their soundbite-itis.
Beltway Confidential

Fake news mustn’t drive the healthcare debate

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Allowing the feds to negotiate drug prices under Part D likely would have a negative effect on the program. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Healthcare

President Trump misunderstands what government drug price negotiations entail

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The economics of American healthcare are dictated by the Golden Rule:
Economy

Cheaper drugs can also mean less choice without savings for patients

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New drug shortages declined in 2012 for the first time in a number of years and 2013 data indicated a similar downward trend. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Healthcare

FDA’s plan to ease drug shortages needs work

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Morning sickness is a common problem for pregnant women. (Thinkstock)
Healthcare

Obamacare forces insurers to cover birth control drugs but not those for morning sickness

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Studies show not taking medications as prescribed leads to poorer health, more frequent hospitalization, a higher risk of death and as much as $290 billion annually in increased medical costs. But as any health care provider will tell you, the fact that actually taking a medication as prescribed is in a patient’s best interest does not lead to a patient doing what is in his best interest. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Op-Eds

Grandstanding AGs sue to stop drugmaker’s work to insure patients take medicine properly

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When it comes to biosimilars, we need to be extremely thoughtful about how we set policy relating to these promising medicines and strike a balance that promotes health and safety, rather than forcing a binary response that is driven by profits rather than patients. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Op-Eds

FDA must decide if a biosimilar rose by any other name is still a rose

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If the federal bureaucracy continues to stall on producing the N7N9 vaccine, HHS could face a catastrophe that would make the healthcare.gov storm seem like a light spring shower. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Op-Eds

Here comes the next big healthcare disaster, courtesy of HHS

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Obama’s fiscal cliff drug ‘reform’ idea will backfire
Op-Eds

Obama’s fiscal cliff drug ‘reform’ idea will backfire

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Two ideas on how to save Medicare
Op-Eds

Two ideas on how to save Medicare

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