Tag: Pharmaceutical Industry

Trump backed Medicare negotiating power on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats turn again to Trump for help tackling high drug prices

Robert King · October 23, 2017 10:47 pm

The Trump administration has indicated that combatting the opioid crisis is a priority. President Trump attended a listening session on the subject in March and verbally declared the epidemic an emergency in August. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to fulfill monthslong promise on opioid emergency declaration

Kimberly Leonard · October 22, 2017 4:01 am

Beltway Confidential

Does Claire McCaskill not respect intellectual property, or does she just not like Native Americans?

Jennifer Kerns · October 20, 2017 7:32 pm

Enrollment in Massachusetts Medicaid, also known as MassHealth, was high before, but MassHealth now covers more than one in four commonwealth residents and has expanded well beyond being a safety net to being a major insurer in the state. (iStock)

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Massachusetts shows rationing is inevitable when government is in charge of healthcare

Hadley Heath Manning · October 20, 2017 5:41 pm

Starlings gather in huge flocks to pass winter by roosting together. We're talking thousands upon thousands of birds all hunkered down in one place at one time. (iStock)

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The crazy story behind Starlings, those annoying birds

J. Mark Powell · October 19, 2017 5:24 pm

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The sloppy senator: Claire McCaskill keeps attributing her factual and ethical lapses to ‘sloppy’ mistakes

Emily Jashinsky · October 18, 2017 8:11 pm

Industry groups try to deflect blame, while being chided by senators for the rising cost of prescription drugs. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Senate hearing on drug prices turns in to circular firing squad among groups

Robert King · October 17, 2017 6:19 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., was disappointed that at a June hearing that was supposed to be about high drug prices, Democrats used the hearing to lash out at Republicans behind closed doors were drafting a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Lamar Alexander begs Democrats to stay on topic in drug prices hearing

Robert King · October 17, 2017 3:09 pm

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., launched an investigation into opioid makers this year, calling for information from distributors and manufacturers on sales and marketing materials as well as details on compliance with government settlements. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Claire McCaskill wants to repeal law that neutered DEA crackdown on opioid distributors

Robert King · October 16, 2017 2:50 pm

California Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign a bill that would require drug companies to justify planned price hikes to their medications. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

California to pass drug price transparency bill

Kimberly Leonard · October 9, 2017 3:01 pm

Packages riding on a belt are scanned at the Amazon Fulfillment center in Robbinsville Township, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. It's rumored that Amazon has plans to move into the prescription drug market. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Amazon’s prescription drug plans could overwhelm Warren Buffet’s moat

Tim Worstall · October 9, 2017 2:20 pm

The first state law going after the price of prescription drugs is set to go into effect in Maryland on Sunday, but a judge could still act to suspend the law. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Maryland ‘price gouging’ drug law set to take effect Sunday

Kimberly Leonard · September 28, 2017 7:41 pm