In the States
New York: State To Audit Employees', Retirees' Dependents To Ensure Eligibility in Health Plan More
Georgia: State Approves HMO Fee To Help Fund Medicaid Program More
South Carolina: Budget Cuts Hit Prescription Drugs, Providers More
North Dakota: Telepharmacies Examined More
West Virginia: State Relaxes Proposed Rules for Dispensing Drugs at No-Cost Clinic Pharmacies More
Minnesota: County to Pursue Federal Class Action Lawsuit More
Medicaid Survey of Six States: Kaiser Policy Report Highlights Recent Medicaid News in Six States More
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Outrage of the Week
Merck Launches A Charm Offensive For Gardasil More
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The Campaign
Top Pharma Contributors to Federal Candidates and Parties More
WSJ Looks at Record of Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Palin on Health Care, Other Issues More
Newsweek Examines Whether Preventive Care Programs Proposed by Can Reduce Costs More
The Hill Examines Presidential Candidates' Positions on Prescription Drug Issues More
AstraZeneca's Brennan Says Drugmakers Prepared for Election More
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Women and Pharmaceuticals
HPV Vaccine Talk Shifts From Fanfare to Fear More
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PBM Watch
CVS-Longs Deal Clears Antitrust Hurdle More
Mail-Order Drug Programs Debated More
County to Pursue Federal Class Action Lawsuit More
Express Scripts Spent $210K Lobbying Government in 2Q More
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Safety
FDA Posts Names of Prescription Drugs Being Investigated for Potential Safety Problems More
Supreme Court To Consider Whether To Bar Liability Lawsuits Against Pharmaceutical Companies More
Arthritis Drugs Linked to Risks From Infection More
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Prices and Access to Healthcare
Uninsured Tally Dips to 45.7 Million, With More Covered by Government More
59% of U.S. Companies Plan To Increase Workers' Deductibles, Copayments, Out-of-Pocket Costs More
Frasier Institute Report on Canadian and US Pharmaceutical Prices More
Economic Pressures Lead Some Uninsured To Stop Medications, Cut Doses More
High Gas Prices Lead Some U.S. Residents To Skip, Delay Medical Appointments More
Bankruptcy Filing Rate Among Seniors Increases Amid Rising Costs for Health Care, Consumer Goods, More
Health Care Costs, Other Economic Concerns Prompt Baby Boomers To Delay Retirement More
Medical Bills Burden 72 Million Working-Age Adults in U.S. More
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Advertising and Marketing
Big Pharma U.? Harvard Offers Glaxo Sweetheart Deal
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Marketing Drugs: Debating the Real Cost More
Sales Reps, Doctors & 'Emotional Connections' More
Wall Street Journal Examines Drugmakers' Use of 'Unbranded Product
Advertising' To Promote Disease Awareness, Treatment Options More
Drug ads: Are they worth the money? More
Stanford University To Limit Pharmaceutical Industry Financing of Continuing Medical Education More
Proposed CME Changes Unnerve Some CME Firms More
Amgen Gets U.S. Subpoena on Marketing of Anemia Drugs More
Letters to the Editor of the American Medical News on Coverage of Pharmaceutical Marketing More
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Fraud and Abuse
Amgen Alters Anemia Drug Discounts More
Whistle-Blower Lawsuits Helped Recover At Least $9.3B From Health Care
Providers More
Connecticut State Regulators Recover $1 Million From Insurers For Consumers More
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Medicare
Updated Fact Sheets on Medicare Advantage and Medicare Spending and Financing More
New Chartpack Details Supplemental Insurance, Medicare Advantage and
Prescription Drug Coverage Among Medicare Beneficiaries More
Studies Examine Effects of Medicare Coverage Policies on Services for Low-Income
People More
GAO Report Examines Effects of Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy on Access to Prescriptions More
About 85% of Insurers' Marketing Materials for Drug Plans Don't Meet Medicare Guidelines, Audit Finds More
Effect of 'Doughnut Hole' Is 'Troubling' for
Beneficiaries With Chronic Conditions, Editorial States More
NY Times Letters to the Editor Address Medicare Part D 'Doughnut Hole' More
Medicare Overpaid for Prescription Drugs With New Generic Versions,
HHS OIG Report Finds More
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Patents and Generics
New Web Tools To Help Consumers Identify Similar-Sounding Generic
Prescription Drugs More
Gilead's Antiretroviral Patent Request Rejected by Brazil More
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Research Tips
Highlights of Foundation Resources on the Uninsured More
New Study Examines the Current Spending on Health Care for the
Uninsured and Projects the Cost of Additional Medical Care if the
Population Were Insured More
Statehealthfacts.org Updates Data on Mortality Rates, Prescription
Drugs, SPAPs, HMOs, Breast Cancer Incidence Rates and More More
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