by wpx_azhealthplans | Jul 23, 2024 | News
Tony Rivero, former state legislator and current candidate for the Arizona House of Representatives in LD 27, shares a letter to the editor published in the Peoria Independent about containing prescription drug costs. Full story:...
by wpx_azhealthplans | Jun 24, 2024 | News
A National Bureau of Economic Research study suggests that increasing health care prices are driving up unemployment in the US. Investigators noted that every 1% hike in health care prices reduces an employer’s staff by 0.4%, and job losses are most prevalent...
by wpx_azhealthplans | May 24, 2024 | News
Republican and Democratic senators agreed at a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to focus on patent reform to stop pharmaceutical firms from extending their product patents, which drives high prescription drug prices. Experts who attended the hearing said...
by wpx_azhealthplans | May 22, 2024 | News
Rising drug prices and ongoing shortages are not only hurting the finances of hospitals and health systems, but also threatening access to necessary care for patients, according to an American Hospital Association analysis. The report found that drug prices rose an...
by wpx_azhealthplans | May 21, 2024 | News
Republican and Democratic senators at a committee hearing accused pharmaceutical firms of abusing the US patent system to keep their prescription drug prices high. Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Eli Lilly and Co.’s Humalog were cited as examples of a drug...
