by wpx_azhealthplans | Oct 7, 2024 | News
Due to rising drug prices, US spending on cancer medications is expected to jump to $180 billion by 2028. Last year, Americans spent $99 billion on clinician-administered and oral cancer drugs, accounting for 45% of global spending on cancer therapies Full story:...
by wpx_azhealthplans | Oct 4, 2024 | News
About 8 in 10 respondents to a KFF survey think the cost of prescription medicines are unreasonable and that the profits made by drugmakers are a significant factor in drug prices. According to the survey, about 61% of US adults are currently taking at least one...
by wpx_azhealthplans | Oct 1, 2024 | News
A new report predicts that the US national health care expenditures will jump to $7.7 trillion by 2032 after rising from $2.8 trillion in 2012 to $4.5 trillion in 2022. The analysis found that US health care utilization remained nearly the same, and Americans’...
by wpx_azhealthplans | Sep 23, 2024 | News
As hospitals buy up medical offices and specialty clinics, hospital facility fees for routine doctor’s visits catch patients off guard. Full story: https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2024/09/23/hospital-facility-fees-but-no-hospital/
by wpx_azhealthplans | Sep 18, 2024 | News
A new report by STAT sheds additional light on how drugmakers relentlessly abuse the patent system. The report comes as drugmakers continue to wage lavishly funded campaigns to demonize negotiators in both the private sector and the government so they can continue to...
