Pharmaceutical Industry

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., (pictured center) said Wednesday that he is speaking with colleagues in the Senate on greater price transparency for various healthcare costs. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Healthcare

Greg Walden pursues giving consumers more information on health prices

Robert King -

February 14, 2018 11:27 pm

In this photo from Monday, a mobile emergency room is set up outside Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. The annual analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Office of the Actuary within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services projects that healthcare spending will grow by an average of 5.5 percent each year during the period up to 2026, reaching $5.7 trillion. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Healthcare

Health spending will quicken, government analysis says

Kimberly Leonard -

February 14, 2018 9:20 pm

Beltway Confidential

House conservatives threaten to upend leadership over immigration

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February 14, 2018 1:06 pm

News

FDA pushes for animal drug user fee reauthorization to drive down animal care costs with more generic drugs

Naomi Lim -

February 13, 2018 5:27 pm

A New York Times piece showed that statin use by Medicare beneficiaries dropped from 58.9 percent at 6 months down to 41.6 percent at 2 years. Lower cost of medication was identified as one way to alleviate this problem. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Healthcare

Too many people don’t follow their prescriptions, but one change could fix it

Kenneth Braunstein -

February 13, 2018 5:01 pm

The analysis released Tuesday estimates that the cost of the opioid crisis increased from $29.1 billion in 2001 to $115 billion in 2017. It comes as Congress is adding more money to fight the epidemic. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Healthcare

Opioid crisis cost US more than $1 trillion since 2001

Robert King -

February 13, 2018 3:05 pm

Over the summer, several California municipalities filed suit against ExxonMobil and other energy companies for damages to coastal property and infrastructure caused from climate change-related increases in sea levels. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

The trial lawyers behind the climate litigation racket

John Burnett -

February 13, 2018 5:14 am

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has maintained the Republican Party is committed to bringing down the national debt, but timing is everything. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

John Cornyn: GOP hasn’t given up on reducing deficits and debt

Al Weaver -

February 13, 2018 5:01 am

Nearly 41 million American adults lack access to a physical university, and of those, 3 million also lack access to an Internet connection suitable for online education.

Education

Efforts to stem opioid abuse have side effects

Washington Examiner Staff -

February 13, 2018 5:01 am

The White House budget proposal unveiled Monday offers several measures to help lower drug prices. However, none of the proposals directly address the problem of expensive, specialty drugs, experts say. (iStock)

Healthcare

Trump budget’s reforms unlikely to make big dent in high drug prices, experts say

Robert King -

February 13, 2018 1:07 am

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Tag: Pharmaceutical Industry

Greg Walden pursues giving consumers more information on health prices

Health spending will quicken, government analysis says

FDA pushes for animal drug user fee reauthorization to drive down animal care costs with more generic drugs

Too many people don’t follow their prescriptions, but one change could fix it

Opioid crisis cost US more than $1 trillion since 2001

The trial lawyers behind the climate litigation racket

Efforts to stem opioid abuse have side effects

Trump budget’s reforms unlikely to make big dent in high drug prices, experts say

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