New Analysis Finds Large Drugmakers Could Lose $1 Trillion in Sales and Still Be the Most Profitable Industry
Read a new analysis by researchers at West Health Policy Center and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
34 Million Americans Know of Family Member or Friend Who Died in the Last 5 Years After Being Unable to Afford Treatment
New West Health-Gallup survey finds Americans see firsthand the impact of high healthcare costs, and don’t believe political leaders are doing enough to fix it
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and West Health Launch Health Savers Initiative
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the West Health Policy Center have launched the Health Savers Initiative, a collaborative research project to develop new and improved policy options to lower healthcare costs for patients, employers, states and the federal government.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, West Health Partner to Create Nation’s First Rural Geriatric Emergency Department
$4.5 Million research collaboration will combine geriatrics, emergency medicine telehealth to benefit Northern New England seniors
West Health Names Marie Kennedy Chief Communications Officer
Learn more about Marie Kennedy’s extensive experience in healthcare communications.
Gary and Mary West PACE® Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly to Help Seniors Successfully Age at Home Opens in North County San Diego
New nonprofit to serve hundreds of eligible seniors as flagship of Gary and Mary West’s $11 million philanthropic effort to advance unique care model
West Health Institute Supports House Speaker Pelosi’s Drug Pricing Plan
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) today released a plan to allow government negotiation of prescription drugs that account for the greatest total cost to Medicare and the entire U.S. health system and that lack competition.
West Health’s Shelley Lyford Appointed to California’s Master Plan for Aging Stakeholder Advisory Committee
Shelley Lyford, president and CEO of nonprofit, nonpartisan West Health and a commissioner on the California Commission on Aging, has been appointed to California’s Master Plan for Aging Stakeholder Advisory Committee.
Meals on Wheels Drivers Effective as Early Warning System for Health and Safety Issues of Homebound Seniors
Learn about our research study with Meals on Wheels in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
West Health Policy Center Expands Team, Boosting Commitment to Lowering Healthcare and Prescription Drug Costs
The West Health Policy Center has appointed Sean Dickson, JD, MPH as a director of health policy. Dickson, formerly of The Pew Charitable Trusts, will lead West Health’s efforts supporting policies and programs to lower skyrocketing drug prices.