Sentences with phrase «made high drug prices»

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton, who has made high drug prices a recurring target in her campaign, vowed to prevent price hikes like Mylan's through an «aggressive new set of enforcement tools» last week.

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Admitting that «drug prices are too high,» Wichmann pointed to UnitedHealth's efforts to make pharmaceuticals more affordable for everyday consumers through point - of - service discounts.

Since biosimilars are so new to the U.S. market (there have been just five total approved here since 2015), it's been hard to gauge whether or not they can make a formidable dent in high drug prices by offering generic alternatives to branded treatments.

Months after Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. said it would make discounts available to U.S. hospitals for two high - priced heart drugs, some medical centers say they have yet to see a cent of savings.

To this end, we have patent laws that make developers of new drugs the only legal sellers, and hence make it possible for them to charge high prices.

Mr. Fein said that because the fastest - growing part of the pharmacy industry was high - priced specialty drugs for people who have considerable medical needs, «it makes sense to manage those within one coordinated organization.»

Higher health - sector prices (eg, hospital care and prescription drugs) are thought to be the main driver of expenditure differences between the USA and other high - spending countries, and the authors highlight the progress that the USA has made in reducing the disparity between its health care spending and other high - income countries.

However, because the gains which have been made in reducing health care spending are largely attributable to price dynamics (such as reduced or no growth in physician reimbursement rates, and high use of cheaper generic drugs), the authors warn that any future economic recovery might reverse the progress that has been made in recent years.

It is not looking at what it needs to do to make drugs affordable but blaming others and justifying the high prices.

Ania and I went to buy bread and in one block's distance we saw about 15 tales of insanity, drug abuse and poverty: a homeless man with one leg shooting up on the pavement; an old women dragging 50 filthy plastic bags, vomiting into the sewer grate; five tranny hookers sitting in a hotel stairwell, wearing nothing but g - strings, making cat calls at the passing traffic; a crackhead walking in circles, talking out loud to no one in front of a fruit stand; little boys, none older than 11, all huffing shoe glue out of black plastic bags to get a 10 - minute high; and a group of plump ladies sorting through garbage in the street, looking for old produce that can be re-bagged and re-sold at discount prices.

Generally, generic drugs on the lowest priced tier, though this is not always the case — UnitedHealthcare makes a point to monitor the prices of high cost generics to make sure they're the best value.

A recent poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that the public cares more about controlling the high price of prescription drugs than making changes to the controversial Affordable Care Act.