Some substance abuse treatment advocates and experts charge that lawmakers must add long-term funding to fully tackle the opioid epidemic. The Opioid Response Act, passed by the U. S. Senate September 24, includes a slew of proposals to combat the crisis but only minimal funding. The Senate and [Read more...]
WV legislators decided September 18 to draft a bill to make it easier for families to get medical exemptions from vaccines for their children. Currently, parents who do not want their children to be vaccinated must fill out a form to request a medical exemption. A state immunization officer will [Read more...]
The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce health subcommittee advanced a bill to ban the use of "gag clauses" in health insurance contracts that prevent consumers from paying lower prices for prescription drugs. The subcommittee unanimously advanced the reform as part of a series of [Read more...]
Initially, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) played a contributing role in controlling prescription drug costs by negotiating prices with pharmaceutical manufacturers. Health care plans as well as consumers benefited from these negotiations. However, all of this has changed now that just three PBMs [Read more...]
