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House, Senate craft separate health care packages - Roll Call

A deal announced this week on a series of drug pricing bills could be a sign of progress an issue that has bedeviled both parties.

Roll Call

Patient Privacy at Risk in Senate Bill Aimed at Pharmacy Managers

Prosecutors could end up with a trove of patient-level data regarding highly personal drugs like Viagra, abortion pills, and more.

Reason

Michael Hiltzik: Eli Lilly is slashing insulin prices, but hold your applause

Eli Lilly & Co. played the altruism card like a champ on Mar. 1, when it announced steep price cuts on its insulin products of as much as 70%.

Los Angeles Times

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After capping insulin copays, Colorado sets its sights on EpiPens

Almost four years after becoming the first state to cap insulin copayments, Colorado may limit what consumers pay for epinephrine autoinjectors, also known as EpiPens, which treat serious allergic reactions.

Tribune News Service

After capping the price of insulin, Colorado sets its sights on EpiPen copays

Colorado’s proposed legislation to cap EpiPen copays is part of a nationwide effort against skyrocketing drug prices.

Fortune

Mark Cuban has been taking on the drug industry. But which one?

The billionaire entrepreneur is making waves with his new drug company. But his generics aren’t always the lowest-priced deal.

Fortune

Drug company middlemen likely to be a focus in 118th Congress

WASHINGTON — Factions of the health care system and members of Congress are turning their fire on an oft-maligned part of the drug pricing system — the middlemen who negotiate discounts with drug companies on behalf of health plans.

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Drug company middlemen likely to be a focus in 118th Congress - Roll Call

PBMs argue that the rebates they collect from drug companies in exchange for coverage by a health plan are used to lower premiums.

Roll Call

Can billionaire celebrity Mark Cuban fix America’s broken health system?

The celebrity investor has teamed up with a soft-spoken radiologist to tackle the USA’s healthcare crisis – and he has drug industry middlemen squarely in his sights, reports Io Dodds

The Independent UK

Commentary: It’s time to crack down on the middlemen that inflate the costs of drugs like insulin

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock just introduced a bill that would cap Americans’ out-of-pocket spending on insulin at $35 a month. The legislation would be a godsend to patients battling diabetes. Many of them currently face hundreds of dollars in monthly out-of-pocket costs — an unaffordable burden for many low- and…

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