Sentences with phrase «as prescription drug prices»

As prescription drug prices — both brand - name and generic — continue to rise, a number of bipartisan proposals to combat the issue have been put on the table.

Each have come into question recently as prescription drug prices continue to rise.

Not exact matches

Last week, for example, CVS said that prescription drug «hyperinflation» — defined as price increases of more than 100 % and as much as 5,000 % — contributed less than 0.7 % to overall cost growth for its PBM clients.

And despite the fact that Mylan raised EpiPen prices roughly 30 % in 2015 while prescription volume also grew 7 %, the company's revenue on the drug actually fell slightly, as the other players took even bigger cuts, according to Raffat.

But she said there also are temporary factors pushing up inflation, such as a rise in prescription drug prices.

A pricing survey from Consumer Reports revealed that prescription drug prices can differ by as much as 10 times between pharmacies, even within the same city.

If Issue 2, or the Drug Price Relief Act, passes, the act would require the state and state agencies, including Ohio Medicaid, to pay the same or lower prices for prescription drugs as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs does.

Valeant's prescription drug sales began to unravel last year as its history of large price increases drew sharp criticism and the attention of lawmakers as well as New York and Massachusetts attorneys general, which opened investigations.

Yellen has said temporary factors have been holding down inflation recently, such as drops in prices of cellphone plans and prescription drugs.

While about 33 % of beneficiaries are part of this system where insurance can negotiate, known as «Medicare Advantage», most Medicare beneficiaries receive benefits directly from the government agency involved which pays 106 % of the «standard price» for prescription drugs without negotiation.

The timing: The letter comes as the Trump administration is embarking on a push to reduce the prices of prescription drugs, which includes publicly calling out companies that raise prices without justification.

He also opposed the Medicare Prescription Drug bill, which prohibited Medicare from negotiating the price of prescription drugs and Prescription Drug bill, which prohibited Medicare from negotiating the price of prescription drugs and prescription drugs and as a result.

On the campaign trail Trump had called for action to lower drug prices, such as boosting medication imports and granting the government more negotiating powers to lower prescription costs.

This was due, in part, to reductions in the rate at which payments to certain providers are updated; slower growth in the use of Part A services, such as skilled nursing facility and home health services; and reductions in prescription drug prices as patents for several popular drugs expired.

Doctors often cite the high price of a prescription drug as a reason they don't prescribe it, while patients similarly say that cost is a main reason they quit taking a drug.

Meanwhile, the average price of a diabetes drug prescription increased from $ 56 in 2001 to $ 76 in 2007, due in large part to the rapid uptake of newly available oral medications, increasingly prescribed as alternatives to injectable insulin.

As hearings began, Bryant's high - priced defense team wasted no time attacking the victim, building the case that her vaginal trauma was consistent with having had multiple sex partners in one day and dug into her anti-psychotic drug prescriptions and history of hospitalization.

In the internet age, however, consumer websites offer pet drugs at discounted prices, and many national stores, such as PetSmart, Walmart and Target, sell name - brand prescription pet products.