Navigating a Maze to Get Our Medications

By Unknown Author
NYT Letters
Readers describe a difficult path to obtain insulin and other drugs.
Published date: January 25, 2019 at 11:10PM
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The Insulin Wars

By DANIELLE OFRI
NYT
How insurance companies farm out their dirty work to doctors and patients.
Published date: January 18, 2019 at 06:03PM
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Can States Fix the Disaster of American Health Care?

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
NYT
The governor of California has proposed some big ideas. Who knows whether he can pull them off, but there’s reason for hope.
Published date: January 16, 2019 at 10:05PM
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How to Cut Drug Prices: Experts Weigh In

By AUSTIN FRAKT
NYT
A look at policies and possible trade-offs, including the risk of hampering innovation.
Published date: December 10, 2018 at 12:00PM
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Trump Administration Invites Health Care Industry to Help Rewrite Ban on Kickbacks

By ROBERT PEAR
NYT Politics
The goal is to open pathways for doctors and hospitals to work together to improve care and save money. The challenge will be to accomplish that without also increasing the risk of fraud.
Published date: November 24, 2018 at 04:51PM
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U.S. Companies Are Fighting Their Big Pharma Addiction

By ROBERT CYRAN
NYT DealBook
Corporations are adopting new tactics to save money by limiting the use of discount cards on certain medicines.
Published date: November 14, 2018 at 06:39PM
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Something Happened to U.S. Drug Costs in the 1990s

By AUSTIN FRAKT
NYT
Two decades ago, the costs began rising well beyond that of other nations, and in recent years have shot up again. What can explain it?
Published date: November 12, 2018 at 12:00PM
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In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs. Or Make Their Own.

By SUI-LEE WEE
NYT
Despite health insurance, terminally ill patients have to hunt around the world and on the internet for ways to stay alive.
Published date: November 11, 2018 at 09:02PM
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What Exactly Does ‘Medicare for All’ Mean?

By Unknown Author
NYT Letters
Readers discuss how a single-payer system might work, and the pros and cons.
Published date: November 1, 2018 at 08:24PM
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Trump Proposes to Lower Drug Prices by Basing Them on Other Countries’ Costs

By ROBERT PEAR
NYT Politics
The announcement, part of a flurry of initiatives from the White House ahead of the midterms, came after a government study found that Medicare is paying 80 percent more than other nations for drugs.
Published date: October 25, 2018 at 08:12PM
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Amgen Slashes the Price of a Promising Cholesterol Drug

By KATIE THOMAS
NYT
The drug maker cut the list price of the drug Repatha by 60 percent in an effort to increase sales, which have been meager.
Published date: October 25, 2018 at 11:33PM
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F.D.A. Approves New Drug for Flu

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr
NYT
The new drug, sold as Xofluza, is about as effective as Tamiflu in shortening flu symptoms, and is expected to work against drug-resistant strains.
Published date: October 24, 2018 at 11:30PM
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From Agriculture to Art — the A.I. Wave Sweeps In

By STEVE LOHR
NYT
Artificial intelligence is a technology of discovery and low-cost prediction. That’s how A.I. is beginning to transform a wide variety of industries.
Published date: October 21, 2018 at 10:00PM
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What Big Pharma Fears Most: A Trump Alliance With Democrats to Cut Drug Prices

By ROBERT PEAR
NYT Politics
With Democrats seen as likely to retake the House, drug makers are quietly making contingency plans to fend off proposals that would squeeze their profits.
Published date: October 20, 2018 at 03:56PM
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Drug Industry Will Use Ads to Point Consumers to Price Information

By ROBERT PEAR
NYT Politics
The TV commercials will not show prices, as President Trump has suggested, but will direct viewers to company websites with list prices. It is unclear how useful the information will be to consumers.
Published date: October 15, 2018 at 10:14PM
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Pets Are Like Family. But as Health Costs Rise, Few Are Insured That Way.

By PAUL SULLIVAN
NYT
Medical treatments can run thousands of dollars, and more owners are choosing to pay for them. Drug makers and insurers have taken notice.
Published date: October 12, 2018 at 11:05PM
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‘Virtual’ Doctor Visits Are Enticing Employers. What if You’re the Patient?

By ANN CARRNS
NYT
This is the time of year for choosing workplace benefits, and companies are offering video chats as a way to rein in health costs.
Published date: October 12, 2018 at 08:08PM
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Trump Signs New Laws Aimed at Drug Costs and Battles Democrats on Medicare

By ROBERT PEAR
NYT Politics
President Trump signed legislation to ban “gag clauses,” which prevent pharmacists from telling consumers about the best prescription drug prices.
Published date: October 11, 2018 at 01:43AM
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In Medical Reporting, the Impact of Patients’ Stories

By GINA KOLATA
NYT
A highly unusual response to my article on insurance obstacles to obtaining powerful new cholesterol-lowering drugs came from the very top: the leaders of one of the two companies making the drugs.
Published date: October 9, 2018 at 01:02PM
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Are We Being Misled About Precision Medicine?

By LIZ SZABO
NYT
Doctors and hospitals love to talk about the cancer patients they’ve saved, and reporters love to write about them. But deaths still vastly outnumber the rare successes.
Published date: September 11, 2018 at 10:00PM
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