Kaiser Health News Coverage of Prescription Drug Issues
Kaiser Health News regularly reports on news and issues involving prescription drugs and their costs. This page features some of their projects on related topics.
Why The U.S. Remains The World’s Most Expensive Market For ‘Biologic’ Drugs, December 20, 2018
For The Asking, A Check Is In The Mail To Help Pay For Costly Drugs, December 13, 2018
Government Investigation Finds Flaws In the FDA’s Orphan Drug Program, November 30, 2018
Democrats Winning Key Leadership Jobs Have Taken Millions From Pharma, November 29, 2018
Campaign Contributions Tracker: Pharma Cash To Congress, November 29, 2018
Trump Adds A Global Pricing Plan To Wide Attack On Drug Prices, But Doubts Persist, October 26, 2018
Drugmakers Funnel Millions To Lawmakers; A Few Dozen Get $100,000-Plus, October 16, 2018
Drugmakers Play The Patent Game To Lock In Prices, Block Competitors, October 2, 2018
The High Cost Of Hope: When The Parallel Interests Of Pharma And Families Collide, September 7, 2018
Insulin’s High Cost Leads To Deadly Rationing, September 7, 2018
Purdue Pharma’s Sales Pitch Downplayed Risks Of Opioid Addiction, August 17, 2018
Medicaid Expansion Making Diabetes Meds More Accessible To Poor, August 6, 2018
To Tame Prescription Prices, HHS Dips A Toe Into Drug Importation Stream, August 1, 2018
Drug Trade Group Quietly Spends ‘Dark Money’ To Sway Policy And Voters, July 30, 2018
Out-Of-Pocket Costs Put HIV Prevention Drug Out Of Reach For Many At Risk, July 3, 2018
Drugmakers Blamed For Blocking Generics Have Jacked Up Prices And Cost U.S. Billions, May 23, 2018
How a Drug Company Under Pressure for High Prices Ratchets Up Political Activity, April 28, 2018
Patient Advocacy Groups Take In Millions From Drugmakers. Is There A Payback?, April 6, 2018
Graphic: Opioid Painkiller Is Top Prescription In 10 States, March 22, 2018
Of ‘Miracles’ And Money: Why Hemophilia Drugs Are So Expensive, March 8, 2018
KHN On NPR: The Uniquely American Problem Of High Prescription Drug Costs, February 12, 2018
As States Target High Drug Prices, Pharma Targets State Lawmakers, February 1, 2018
Big Pharma Greets Hundreds Of Ex-Federal Workers At The ‘Revolving Door’, January 25, 2018
Drug Industry Spent Millions To Squelch Talk About High Drug Prices, December 19, 2017
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