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CMS coverage policies restrict patient access to important treatment options for Alzheimer’s disease

By Gabby Migliara  |    September 1, 2022
There’s been a lot of discussion this year about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) national coverage determination (NCD) for new Alzheimer’s treatments finalized earlier this year in...   Read More

Myth vs. Fact: The Senate’s latest price setting proposal

By Nicole Longo  |    August 5, 2022
The narratives being built around the Senate’s latest price setting proposal frame it as a bill intended to lower drug prices for patients and address rising inflation. But those narratives aren’t...   Read More

The Senate’s latest price setting proposal will undermine U.S. economic growth

By Nicole Longo  |    August 3, 2022
Last week, we examined ways the latest drug pricing proposal will undermine patient access to medicines, American medical innovation and our health care system as a whole. But there is another...   Read More

Celebrating Medicare’s 57th anniversary

By Gabby Migliara  |    August 2, 2022
In case you missed it, Saturday, July 30, marked the anniversary of Medicare. For 57 years, Medicare has helped pay for medical care for Americans over the age of 65, as well as younger Americans...   Read More

The Senate’s latest price setting proposal will undermine: Our health care system

By Nicole Longo  |    July 28, 2022
Members of Congress continue to push a misguided drug pricing proposal under the guise of negotiation as part of the reconciliation package. This proposal is nothing short of government price setting...   Read More

New research shows competition driven by biosimilars helps control costs in Part B

By Gabby Migliara  |    July 19, 2022
Discussions about spending in Medicare Part B, including a recent report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC, too often overlook how competition between medicines drives down the...   Read More

Polling continues to show voters reject so-called Medicare “negotiation” once they learn about consequences for patients

By Tom Wilbur  |    July 12, 2022
As policymakers race to pass government price setting policies, it’s important to examine true public sentiment around such proposals. Voters have made clear that they do not support policies such as...   Read More

CMS coverage decision restricts access to treatments for Alzheimer’s disease

By Nicole Longo  |    June 22, 2022
This year’s Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month offers an important opportunity to remember the severe toll that Alzheimer’s takes on patients and family caregivers. Unfortunately, this year also...   Read More

Annual projections from NHE compared to actual health care spending

By Katie Koziara  |    May 5, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released their National Health Expenditure (NHE) projections of health care spending in the United States through 2030. While these data...   Read More

Part D 101: Three charts show how the Medicare Part D program could be improved to work better for seniors and people with disabilities

By Gabby Migliara  |    April 27, 2022
In yesterday’s post, we learned how Medicare Part D works for seniors and people with disabilities. Unfortunately, Part D beneficiaries are increasingly facing higher out-of-pocket costs for the...   Read More

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