A new study from West Health and Gallup finds that about 15.5 million adults under 65 and 2.3 million seniors were unable to pay for at least one prescription. Read the full article from Yahoo Finance.
The VA Geriatric Emergency Department Initiative is a public-private collaboration between the VA, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), The John A. Hartford Foundation, and the West Health Institute to establish 70 of the VA’s EDs as accredited geriatric emergency departments (GEDs). Read the full article from AP.
By defining “cost” in Medicare Part D as the net cost after rebates, the government could share rebates with seniors without significantly increasing Medicare Part D premiums, which costs taxpayers in additional premium subsidies, and without giving drug companies more profits. Read the full article from Inside Health Policy.
A West Health/Gallup poll shows that 81% of Americans believe the government needs to play a major role in negotiating prescription drug prices for Medicare in order to control drug costs. Read the full article from CNBC.
The House drug pricing bill is designed to offset the cost of the expanded benefits by lowering what Medicare pays for prescription drugs. Read the full article from Bloomberg Law.
Last week West Health Policy Center and the National Coalition on Health Care released a poll showing 81% of U.S. adults support letting Medicare negotiate drug prices. Read the full article from Inside Health Policy.
Nine in 10 Americans believe major drug pricing reforms are needed to quell increasing drug costs, according to a recent West Health and Gallup poll. Read the full article from Inside Health Policy.
Another poll, conducted by Gallup for the nonprofit West Health, found 81% of adults supporting the idea, including 97% of Democrats, 80% of independents and 61% of Republicans. The proposal is especially popular among seniors, the most reliable voters in off-year elections. Read the full article from HuffPost.
In November 2020, the West Health Policy Center released a study finding that more than 1.1 million Medicare patients could die over the next decade because they can’t afford to pay for their prescription medications. Read the full article from Healthcare Finance News.
Estimates of how many seniors on Medicare will actually take Aduhelm, which has a list price of $56,000, vary wildly. Read the full article from STAT.
