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Prescription Drugs

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Rows of pills

Controlling Health Care Costs

Key Provisions of Drug Pricing Proposals

publication / Apr 26, 2021

prescription drug prices in the US

Controlling Health Care Costs

Paying for Prescription Drugs Around the World: Why Is the U.S. an Outlier?

Issue Briefs / Oct 05, 2017

Pharmacist and patient discussing prescription drugs

Controlling Health Care Costs

The Case for Drug-Pricing Reform — The Cost of Inaction

blog / May 26, 2021

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Pills pouring out into a mans hand

Controlling Health Care Costs

Allowing Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices

Explainer / May 05, 2021

Medicare recipient sorting prescriptions

Controlling Health Care Costs

Inflation Rebate Penalty for Drug Companies

Explainer / Jun 17, 2021

Woman and pharmacist speaking, both wearing masks

Controlling Health Care Costs

Medicare Part D Redesign

Explainer / May 05, 2021

Doris Hölzl, pharmacist, gives FFP2 masks to a customer in a pharmacy in Berlin-Wilmersdorf as part of the free distribution of FFP2 masks to risk groups.

Controlling Health Care Costs

External Reference Pricing: The Drug-Pricing Reform America Needs?

Issue Briefs / May 27, 2021

senior woman on phone looks at pill packets on table

Controlling Health Care Costs

How Federal Drug-Pricing Proposals Could Affect Medicaid

blog / Aug 19, 2021

blue pills in machine manufactured with white gloved hand in background

Controlling Health Care Costs

Reducing Medicaid Prescription Drug Costs While Maintaining Beneficiary Access: MACPAC Recommendations for Accelerated-Approval Drugs

blog / Aug 18, 2021

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Prescription Drugs

Pharmacy attendant wearing a face mask while checking a patients insurance card

Controlling Health Care Costs

Are Pharmacy Benefit Managers the Next Target for Prescription Drug Reform?

Blog / Apr 20, 2022

Father with child on shoulders in mask walks with wife in park

Achieving Universal Coverage

A Fix for the Family Glitch

Blog / Apr 12, 2022

shot of a Portland, Oregon street with a big Portland sign on a theater.

Controlling Health Care Costs

Oregon Seeks to Limit Medicaid Coverage of Accelerated-Approval Drugs

Blog / Apr 05, 2022

Photos of generic drug bottles from the top

Controlling Health Care Costs

Generic Drugs Help Hold Down Costs, But Slowdowns in Development and Review Present Challenges

Blog / Mar 24, 2022

illustration of patients staring at giant dollar sign

Controlling Health Care Costs

It’s the Patents, Stupid — Why Drugs Cost So Much in the U.S.

Podcast / Feb 25, 2022

Controlling Health Care Costs

State Strategies for Slowing Health Care Cost Growth in the Commercial Market

Issue Briefs / Feb 24, 2022

Elderly woman with walker is helped down hallway by young girl

Improving Health Care Quality

Medicare’s Decision to Cover the Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm: What Will It Mean for Patients and the Program?

Blog / Jan 19, 2022

Build Back Better sign sits in front of capitol building for press conference

Achieving Universal Coverage

History in the Balance: The Promise of Build Back Better

Blog / Jan 12, 2022

Aerial view of brightly colored pill boxes for days of the week open with pills in each box

Controlling Health Care Costs

Brand-Name Drug Prices: The Key Driver of High Pharmaceutical Spending in the U.S.

Publication / Nov 17, 2021

Controlling Health Care Costs

Supreme Court Will Determine Whether 340B Hospitals Retain Discounts on Medicare Part B Drugs

Blog / Nov 11, 2021

white and blue capsule pills in a row

Controlling Health Care Costs

Domestic Reference Pricing and Its Potential Role in Medicare Pharmaceutical Price Negotiations

Explainer / Oct 26, 2021

pills in pill packets on a white background

Controlling Health Care Costs

Skinny Labeling: A Pathway for Timely Generic Drug Competition

Blog / Oct 19, 2021

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