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US indefensible high drug prices and the right to personal importation from secure countries
PhRMA, a Big Pharma lobbying group, released an advertising touting that drug prices were not fueling inflation. To prove it, they produce the graphic below.
Kff report on medical debt : what employers should know and do
100 million Americans, insured or not, are saddled with medical debt, a recent survey by Kaiser Family Foundation established.
US brand drug prices highest of developed countries
US brand drug prices highest of developed countries despite clouds of smoke from big pharma and the pbm oligopoly.
Part 1. All you need to know about PBMs
What employers and their consultants need to know to make the right decisions on their prescription drug plans.
Part 2. The ProBleMs with PBMs
What employers and their consultants need to know to make the right decisions on their prescription drug plans.
Part 3. How to choose your PBM
We could have titled this part: “Forget about rebates!”, but this would have been misleading: rebates are here to stay but many experts say the major part of it is now passed over to the plans.
Brussels principles on the sale of medicines over the internet
Care2Care International supports the Brussels Principles on the Sales of Medicines over the Internet, an initiative of the New-York based, non-profit organization, the Prescription Justice Institute.
Replay webinar featuring David Contorno and Christin Deacon
Health Benefits Strategy: Opportunities & Risks for the C-Suite.
Where to find information on Quality of Hospitals
Ranking Hospitals And Rating The Raters. In Part 1 We Introduced The 4 Top “Producers” Of Hospital Ratings.
It’s (still) the prices, stupid!
People interested in healthcare policy or insurance may remember this title from the late Uwe Reinhardt, a Princeton professor in Economy and expert in healthcare policy: ”it’s the prices, stupid!”, in reference to Bill Clinton’s campaign slogan: “it’s the economy, stupid!”.
New health plan fee disclosure law: opportunity or threat?
“Health benefits brokers are trusted advisers to employers, who sponsor health plans for about 150 million Americans. But ProPublica showed in 2019 how the insurance industry influences the consultants behind the scenes with cash and gifts — from six-figure bonuses to swanky island getaways.”
Why are hospital services so expensive?
In a previous paper, we highlighted the huge discrepancies in hospital prices negotiated by health plan carriers on behalf of their plan members, and invited CFOs, CHRO and Compensation, and Benefits Managers, to check if their carrier was effective in doing so.
