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VA Secretary announces investigation into Tomah VA Medical Center
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) – The nation’s top veterans’ official has ordered an investigation of the Tomah VA Medical Center and the reported over-prescriptions of painkillers. Veterans ...
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Democrats' policy package to include prescription drug cost controls and Obamacare fix
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that prescription drug cost controls and an Obamacare fix are the onl...
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Biden urges Congress to pass bills to cut costs to curb inflation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday urged Congress to pass legislation to cut costs of energy bills, prescription drugs and ship...
Syndicated Content Jun 10, 2022
Economists warn of costs if US Medicare covers new obesity drugs
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The cost of expanding U.S. Medicare prescription drug coverage to pay for expensive, new obesity medications could be catas...
Syndicated Content Mar 11, 2023
Drugmakers sign on to negotiate Medicare prices under protest
By Michael Erman and Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) - All the drugmakers that make the 10 prescription medicines subject to the first-ever price negotiati...
Syndicated Content Oct 02, 2023
U.S. proposes new rule to increase transparency of prescription drug costs for Medicaid
(Reuters) - The U.S. health department on Tuesday proposed a rule aimed at cutting costs of prescription drugs for the Medicaid healthcare program for...
Syndicated Content May 23, 2023
LensCrafters to pay eyeglass customers $39 million over Accufit claims
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - LensCrafters agreed to pay $39 million to settle a lawsuit by prescription eyeglass customers who accused the...
Syndicated Content Aug 01, 2023
US to name first 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiation
By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday is expected to release its list of 10 prescription medicines that will be subject ...
Syndicated Content Aug 29, 2023
Column-US Medicare drug negotiations a good start on bringing down healthcare costs
By Mark Miller (Reuters) - An important Biden administration effort to control the soaring cost of prescription drugs made headlines this week - but d...
Syndicated Content Aug 31, 2023
Citigroup to lay off less than 1% of staff - source
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc is laying off less than 1% of its workforce, excluding its remediation team working on a consent order, people familiar with...
Syndicated Content Mar 02, 2023