Judge Thomas M. Rose of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio withdrew from a case that could block Medicare from negotiating over drug prices, just hours after the Revolving Door Project, a nonprofit, sent him a letter raising questions about his ownership of stock in Johnson & Johnson & AstraZeneca.

He was to be the presiding judge in a lawsuit brought by U.S. Chamber of Commerce asking Rose to block the drug negotiations before Oct. 1.

Ethics???
#drugprices

@MariaHill This is telling- no concern or interest from Republicans about how it helps- just worried Biden did something people would like. #DrugPrices

Go after it’: GOP strategists say Republicans need to hit Biden on drug pricing - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/29/biden-drug-prices-gop-00113404

HHS Selects the First Drugs for #Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/08/29/hhs-selects-the-first-drugs-for-medicare-drug-price-negotiation.html #drugprices #drugpricing

Biden Administration to announce targeting prescription drug prices for Medicare recipients https://politicaliq.com/2023/08/29/biden-administration-to-announce-targeting-prescription-drug-prices-for-medicare-recipients/ #Biden #Bidenomics #DrugPrices #PriceCaps #Medicare #Insulin #BigPharma #InflationReductionAct #news #politics

Multiple examples of #BigPharma greed that is causing unnecessary suffering and death. #Medicare #DrugPrices #ira #InflationReductionAct

https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/08/21/a-peek-at-big-pharmas-playbook-that-leaves-many-americans-unable-to-afford-their-drugs/

#Poll: How confident are you that the Biden Administration will be able to cut health care costs for Americans?
https://politicaliq.com/2023/07/07/biden-announces-new-actions-to-cut-health-care-costs/ #Biden #Bidenomics #HealthCare #DrugPrices #CreditCards #ChamberOfCommerce #BigPharma #politicaliq #news #politics #opinion #opinionpoll

Biden Announces New Actions to Cut Health Care Costs https://politicaliq.com/2023/07/07/biden-announces-new-actions-to-cut-health-care-costs/ #Biden #Bidenomics #HealthCare #DrugPrices #InsuranceScams #JunkFees #CreditCards #ChamberOfCommerce #BigPharma #politicaliq #news #politics

"We’ve got a major problem here with PBMs deciding rebates, deciding the price of drugs, probably being an instrument to drive up the price of drugs, and nobody knows what they’re doing,said Chuck Grassley

“We’ve got to pass legislation. We can’t put up anymore with … middle people, between the companies and the consumer, without knowing what they’re doing, particularly when they’re raking in a lot of taxpayer money.”

https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/21/grassley-pbm-reform/
#medicine #drugprices #pharmaceutical #medtwitter

Chamber of Commerce sues #BidenAdministration over federal control of drug prices

#UnitedStates #DrugPrices #Healthcare
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4043044-chamber-of-commerce-sues-biden-administration-over-federal-control-of-drug-prices/

"Most adults between the ages of 18 and 64 took at least one prescription medication in 2021. But more than 8% of them – about 9.2 million people – said they tried to save money by skipping doses, taking less than prescribed or delaying a prescription fill, according to the CDC data...data from health analytics company IQVIA shows that total prescription drug costs rose nearly 5% from 2020 to 2021, to $63 billion."

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/health/prescription-drug-costs-rationing

#healthcare #drugs #drugprices

"Starting this summer, the state’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board will choose up to 18 high-cost drugs for review over the next three years to determine if the medications are unaffordable and whether to cap what health plans and consumers pay for them.

But with hundreds of expensive drugs to choose from, the board members face tough decisions about who will get help now and who will have to wait."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/this-panel-will-decide-whose-medicine-to-make-affordable-its-choice-will-be-tricky/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=259809361&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9_w4cLFrWkAo0H8JrLaB-wwWHgoHpy9OghvgPBq7lc-1tL6fBLvx4lk0BifGFRB5X0V322VxNHnc1p7xYTKXPc33ACKg&utm_content=259809361&utm_source=hs_email

#healthpolicy #drugs #drugprices

Unlocking Affordability: Strategies to Lower #Medicare #DrugPrices
https://richardameyer.medium.com/unlocking-affordability-strategies-to-lower-medicare-drug-prices-10cba48c393a

Two things that should drive #DrugPrices down – #PBMs and #biosimilars – aren't really working that way. Could it be that our health systems are tuned for profiteering?https://conscienhealth.org/2023/04/biosimilars-and-pbms-the-jokes-on-us/

Bernie's On A Roll - Calls For ALL Drug Prices To Be Cut

https://youtu.be/lOzWrtpm4R4

#news #politics #uspolitics #theringoffire #drugprices

This is why I love TYT and Cenk, Anna, John and the other hosts. They actually DISCOURSE about the issues. They don't all agree and parrot one another in an echo chamber. There are real and different perspectives and they are VOICED with passion.

I don't agree 100% of the time with any of the hosts. They have bad takes sometimes. Sometimes I get so worked up I literally argue with my computer screen. I just don't shut myself down from hearing another pov in a subject. That's what the Right does.

(For the record: I'm in John and Emma's camp for the video though I can't argue Cenk's point about the smokescreen being applied to insulin pricing)

#TYT #TYTNetwork #CenkUyger #JohnIdarola #EmmaVigeland #BigPharma #DrugPrices

https://youtu.be/5FaMzsBjw60

Eli Lilly is cutting insulin prices and capping copays at $35 – 5 questions answered:

"High insulin prices have not earned any U.S. manufacturer many friends, with list prices increasing 54% from 2014 to 2019. . . . .But growing competition has shaken up the insulin market in recent years." - The Conversation.

https://bit.ly/3yeM7V5

#diabetes #insulin #lilly #pharma #healthcosts #drugprices #healthpolicy #drugprices

~ Civica Rx Aims to Disrupt Generic Insulin Market Pricing by 2024 ~

(see previous toots/posts)

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#DrugPrices
#healthcare
#diabetes
#business
#USA

https://www.aha.org/aha-center-health-innovation-market-scan/2022-03-15-civica-rx-aims-disrupt-generic-insulin-market

Eli Lilly announced that it would lower and cap insulin at $35/vial two days before the nonprofit drug maker Civica (a consortium of U.S. health-care systems and philanthropies) announced it would manufacture and distribute insulin to Americans at $30/vial.

Eli Lilly said it would "cap out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35 for people who have private insurance and use participating pharmacies," and with its Value Program, it would "cap out-of-pocket costs at $35 or less per month for people who are uninsured."

In contrast, Civica plans to "sell its insulins at one low, transparent price for all, basing the price on the cost of development, production and distribution."

(see previous toot/post)

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#DrugPrices
#healthcare
#diabetes
#business
#USA

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/01/health/eli-lilly-insulin-prices-diabetes/index.html

I can see now why Eli Lilly announced its decrease and cap of insulin ($35/vial) on the 1st--

Two days before the nonprofit drug maker Civica announced it would manufacture and distribute #insulin capped at $30/vial~

#DrugPrices
#diabetes
#business

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https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220303005321/en/Civica-to-Manufacture-and-Distribute-Affordable-Insulin

Ars Technica: Eli Lilly cuts insulin prices after years of outrage https://arstechnica.com/?p=1921106 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #Pharmaceuticalindustry #PublicCitizen #drugpricing #drugprices #diabetes #elililly #Science #Humalog #insulin #$35cap