Tag: drug prices
Federal court dismisses Pharma lawsuit against Medicare drug price negotiations
This procedural dismissal effectively sidelines the pharmaceutical industry's concerted efforts to maintain control over drug pricing, marking a significant victory for proponents of healthcare reform.
Skyrocketing drug prices under scrutiny as pharma CEOs summoned to Senate...
"A life-saving drug is not effective if the patient who needs that drug cannot afford it."
Pharma-funded Republicans go to bat for drug industry as Medicare moves...
"Any effort by far-right Republicans to paint lowering the costs of prescription drug prices for Americans as a bad thing is laughable."
Biden announces 10 drugs subject to price cuts with Medicare
The Biden administration said the negotiations could save could save taxpayers money.
‘Time to end the greed’: Sanders vows bill to cap price...
"Insulin manufacturers have shown time and time again that they will put their CEOs' profits over patients' lives."
Big Pharma and GOP allies aim to sabotage Medicare drug price...
"Patients fought hard for the reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act—and we won't let Big Pharma and its allies' fearmongering scare us."
‘Unbelievable’: Half of new drugs launched in 2020-2021 cost $150,000 or...
"Big Pharma's yearly price hikes have pushed already sky-high drug prices into the stratosphere," said one advocacy group.
‘Enough is enough’: Sanders, Klobuchar unveil bill to slash drug prices...
"We can no longer tolerate policies that make prescription drugs unaffordable and out of reach—Congress must act."
40 House Democrats demand Congress ‘swiftly’ cut drug prices
With the Build Back Better Act stalled in the Senate thanks to the GOP and a couple of right-wing Democrats, 40 party...
‘We’re not giving up’: Sanders, other Progressives fight to rescue drug...
“Giving Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices will save the government billions. But most importantly, it will save lives.”
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US diplomacy thwarts Palestinian UN membership amid claims of supporting statehood leaked cable shows
This diplomatic maneuvering seeks to avoid a U.S. veto, which would publicly align the country against Palestinian self-determination.
Supreme silence: High court decision curtails protest rights, stifling voices in the South
As the case now returns to lower courts for further proceedings, the national discourse on the limits of free speech and the right to protest continues to evolve.
Supreme Court questions use of obstruction law in Jan. 6 riot cases amid concerns...
This law is now at the center of a legal battle concerning its suitability for punishing those who stormed the Capitol during the certification of the 2020 election results.
New report reveals millionaires’ tax rates slashed by half since 1950s, fueling wealth inequality
This stark reduction in tax rates for the wealthiest Americans coincides with an era of escalating income disparity and could be costing the federal government hundreds of billions in lost revenue annually.
Missouri Republican Attorney General Bailey sues Media Matters using consumer law to censor the...
An analysis of Mo. Attorney General Andrew Bailey's bogus allegations against Media Matters.