3/08/2017

HEALTHCARE/MINORITIES/PHARMA/POLITICS/ELIJAH CUMMINGS: “Rep. Elijah Cummings said Wednesday [3-8-17] that he used a meeting with President Donald Trump on prescription drug prices to deliver an additional message: don’t speak about America’s black communities like they’re all in crisis… ‘I said to him,*Mr. President, most respectfully, when you’re talking about the African-American community, I want you to […]

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3/07/2017

HEALTHCARE/PHARMA: “I am working on a new system where there will be competition in the Drug Industry. Pricing for the American people will come way down!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 7, 2017 8:46AM […]

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2/14/2017

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PHARMA: “Humana Inc., one of the nation’s largest health insurers, will stop selling Obamacare health plans next year, the company announced Tuesday. The move threatens to rattle jittery insurance markets and further complicate Republicans’ push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The company attributed its action to mounting losses caused by sicker-than-expected consumers. […]

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2/13/2017

DRUGS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PHARMA: “Politicians once again are concerned that a drug company that plans to sell an old medicine at a very high price is taking advantage of the system. On Monday [2-13-17], Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) sent a letter to the chief executive of Marathon Pharmaceuticals, arguing that the Illinois company […]

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2/10/2017

HEALTHCARE/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a recent meeting with pharmaceutical-industry bigwigs, President Trump declared that ‘we’re going to be cutting regulations at a level that nobody’s ever seen before.’ He also said that ‘we’re going to have tremendous protection for the people.’ It’s hard to see how he can do both. As with Trump’s proposed elimination […]

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2/10/2017

HEALTHCARE/PHARMA: “A drug to treat muscular dystrophy will hit the U.S. market with a price tag of $89,000 a year despite being available for decades in Europe at a fraction of that cost. Marathon Pharmaceuticals LLC’s pricing of the drug, which has been available in Europe, is the latest example of a business model that […]

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2/4/2017

HEALTHCARE/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Next on the agenda- Donald Trump held a meeting with the bosses of America’s biggest drug companies, an industry that has found itself in the president’s crosshairs for ‘getting away with murder’ by charging sky-high prices for medicines in public health-care schemes.”  – The Economist, “Business this week,” The Economist Magazine, Feb. 4, […]

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