Posts Tagged ‘prescription drugs’
Cap on out-of-pocket costs for Medicare drug plan enrollees coming soon – Herb Weiss
by Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issue Back on Aug. 16th in 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), it’s enactment lowering the health cost for millions of older Americans by lowering the high cost of prescription drugs by granting Medicare the power to directly negotiate drug…
Read MoreHealth advocacy groups oppose groups against drug price negotiations – Herb Weiss
by Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues As supporters of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) celebrate the one-year anniversary of the passage of this historic legislation, health advocacy groups gathered last week in Austin, Texas, Washington, D.C., Chicago and New York City to publicly oppose and call on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Pharmaceutical Research and…
Read MoreAARP Rhode Island calls on Congress to act on lowering high drug costs – Herb Weiss
by Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues On the day before the Washington, DC-based AARP’s March 8th launch of its new ad campaign showing the impact of Congress’s failure to act on prescription drug prices, AARP Rhode Island State Director Catherine Taylor, Volunteer State President Marcus Mitchell and Volunteer Lead Federal Liaison Dr. Phil…
Read MoreWorld issues pushed nursing home reform to the side in State of the Union. But it’s there – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging More than a week ago, President Joe Biden, with Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sitting behind him in the House Chamber in the United States Capitol, delivered his first State of the Union Address. Harris and Pelosi made history marking the first time two…
Read MorePrescription Drug Take Back Day – TODAY
Today is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Rhode Island is participating with confidential drop off locations in nearly every community, or only a short drive away. Take some time today and go through those medicine cabinets, bureaus, pocketbooks, and bathroom closets – you might think you don’t have a lot of medication, but most…
Read MoreRI Senate Tackles High Cost of Prescription Drugs – Herb Weiss
by Herb Weiss, contributing writer Photo: Commonwealth Fund In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, as Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island General Assembly move to hammer out their Fiscal Year 2022 budget, Senate lawmakers push a package of eight legislative proposals to put the brakes on skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs. The Senate…
Read MoreRI Lawmakers to Tackle High Prescription Drug Costs
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer, aging The Washington, DC-based AARP began its call for reducing prescription drug prices nationally in the late spring of 2019. At the same time, state legislatures around the country began taking up legislation. However, in Rhode Island, where the legislature meets only once a year, from January to June, it…
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