More evidence that medicine prices are growing at slowest rate in decades
By Holly Campbell | October 4, 2019
This week the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released yet another report showing that medicine prices are growing at the slowest rate in decades. The report, “Measuring...
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Survey shows out-of-pocket costs top health care concern for voters
By Holly Campbell | October 2, 2019
A recent national survey of 800 registered voters conducted by Public Opinion Strategies shows that health insurance premiums, deductibles and copays are the top health care concerns for...
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Four reasons why the radical Pelosi Plan is the wrong approach
By Tom Wilbur | September 24, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recently unveiled a radical plan that would restrict and fundamentally change how patients access medicines in the United States. It would threaten our country’s...
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Hospitals make 9 times more than physicians’ offices on provider-administered medicines
By Katie Koziara | September 10, 2019
A new study, conducted by the Partnership for Health Analytic Research (PHAR), found that hospitals retained 91% of the total profit on physician-administered medicines in the commercial market...
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Three things to know about the Part D GAO report
By Nicole Longo | August 16, 2019
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a new report looking at Medicare Part D and the role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in the program. While the report provides a...
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Setting the record straight on international reference pricing
By Kevin Haninger | July 16, 2019
There’s been a lot of talk in Washington about how to help patients better access and afford their medicines. These are important discussions that will hopefully result in real affordability...
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New Let’s Talk About Cost TV ad asks: Why aren’t patients sharing in savings at the pharmacy counter?
By Priscilla VanderVeer | July 9, 2019
For the last two years, our Let’s Talk About Cost campaign has sought to answer questions people have about their medicine costs and advance a dialogue on how we can make medicines more affordable...
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Study finds hospitals continue to mark up medicines up to 500% of their cost
By Holly Campbell | July 9, 2019
A new analysis from the Moran Company found hospitals continue to charge, on average, five times their cost for medicines, driving up cost sharing and premiums for patients across the country....
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Three reasons why the latest Rx Savings Solutions analysis is misleading
By Holly Campbell | July 2, 2019
Yesterday, multiple news outlets featured data from Rx Savings Solutions on medicine price trends. These data reflect list price increases, ignoring the significant rebates and discounts on...
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"If Washington isn’t careful, we might leave innovation behind"
By Robert Zirkelbach | June 24, 2019
“Trying to make medications more affordable is important, but if Washington isn’t careful, we might leave innovation behind.” This is the message we heard from Amy, a Voters for Cures advocate...
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