Trump Is Promising To Lower Drug Prices, But Experts Doubt It Will Happen

BuzzFeed, May 11, 2018. “The action plan is too vague. Better negotiation of prices could mean almost anything,” Diana Zuckerman, president of the nonprofit National Center for Health Research, told BuzzFeed News. Focusing on out-of-pocket patient expenses instead of lower prices for the drugs themselves will lead to higher health insurance costs, she said.

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Jackson Troubles Shine Light on a Fact of Washington Life: Sleeping Pills

Politico, April 25, 2018. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician who is battling to save his nomination to be the secretary of veterans affairs, regularly handed out the sleep drug Ambien and the alertness drug Provigil to West Wing officials traveling on overseas flights. NCHR president says that behavior shouldn’t be allowed at the VA where quality of health care is an essential responsibility.

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FDA Puts New Restrictions on Contraceptive Implant Essure

Newburgh Gazette, April 11, 2018. US health officials are placing new restrictions on a contraceptive implant that has been subject to thousands of reports of painful complications from women. NCHR questions if any patients would read the 22 page information booklet to learn about the risks.

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