Search Results
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
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...
Syndicated Content Jul 19, 2022
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
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
Analysis-US will still pay at least twice as much after negotiating drug prices
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - The U.S. government's first-ever negotiated prices for prescription drugs are still on average more than double, and in some cases five times, what drugmakers have agreed ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 03, 2024
CVS Health offers free home delivery of prescription drugs amid virus outbreak
(Reuters) - CVS Health Corp said on Monday it would immediately waive charges for home delivery of prescription medications, in response to the U.S. health agencies urging patients to stay at home ami...
Syndicated Content Mar 09, 2020
Biden proposes to raise taxes on high earners to avert Medicare funding crisis- WaPo
(Reuters) - The White House will propose raising taxes on people earning more than $400,000 and reduce what Medicare pays for prescription drugs in a ...
Syndicated Content Mar 07, 2023
U.S. to announce list of drugs for pricing negotiations Sept. 1
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will announce a list of 10 prescription drugs for which it plans to negotiate the price...
Syndicated Content Jan 11, 2023
State abortion bans prevent women from getting essential medication
By Rose Horowitch (Reuters) - Annie England Noblin, a 40-year-old resident of rural Missouri, had never had a problem filling her monthly prescription...
Syndicated Content Jul 14, 2022
Nigerian patients feel pain of soaring drug prices
By Vining Ogu LAGOS (Reuters) - When Sodiq Ajibade emerged from a Lagos pharmacy holding asthma medication, one drug on his prescription was missing b...
Syndicated Content Dec 14, 2023