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Author: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY

Money

Medicare launches plan to negotiate prices for the costliest drugs. Here’s what to know.

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on Medicare launches plan to negotiate prices for the costliest drugs. Here’s what to know.

As part of the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare will negotiate drug prices, limit annual price hikes and cap insulin costs paid by older Americans.

News

FDA approves new drug lecanemab that appears to slow early, mild Alzheimer’s

January 6, 2023Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on FDA approves new drug lecanemab that appears to slow early, mild Alzheimer’s

Federal drug regulators on Friday approved lecanemab, sold under the brand name Leqembi, an Alzheimer’s drug that appears to slow the disease.

Money

Half of ambulance rides yield surprise medical bills. What’s being done to protect people?

December 13, 2022Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on Half of ambulance rides yield surprise medical bills. What’s being done to protect people?

No Surprises Act protects consumers from costly surprise bills during emergency medical care, but not from ambulance bills.

Money

Here’s why private Medicare plans are set to pass traditional Medicare enrollment

November 8, 2022November 9, 2022Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on Here’s why private Medicare plans are set to pass traditional Medicare enrollment

More than 28 million older adults enrolled in Medicare plans administered by private insurance companies rather than the federal government.

Money

‘Calm before the storm’: Health insurance costs set to spike after they stayed mostly flat in 2022, survey finds

October 29, 2022Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Calm before the storm’: Health insurance costs set to spike after they stayed mostly flat in 2022, survey finds

Kaiser Family Foundation survey reports average cost for an employer-provided health increased just 1% this year.

Money

Inflation is near a four-decade high. So why aren’t health care costs significantly higher?

October 17, 2022Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on Inflation is near a four-decade high. So why aren’t health care costs significantly higher?

For the first time in 40 years, inflation is rising faster than medical costs. But employers and health insurers are bracing for that to soon change.

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Alzheimer’s drug slowed progression of disease in late-stage study, drugmakers say

September 27, 2022Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on Alzheimer’s drug slowed progression of disease in late-stage study, drugmakers say

Officials said they will submit the new trial results to the FDA to bolster its case that lecanemab should be approved as an Alzheimer’s treatment.

Nation

‘Guardrails’ needed? Telehealth fraud cost Medicare $128M in first year of COVID pandemic, feds say.

September 11, 2022Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Guardrails’ needed? Telehealth fraud cost Medicare $128M in first year of COVID pandemic, feds say.

Improper claims from doctors and telehealth providers cost Medicare $128M in the first year of the COVID pandemic, according to a new federal report.

Money

Patients seek relief from spiraling drug prices. Will the Inflation Reduction Act deliver?

September 6, 2022Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on Patients seek relief from spiraling drug prices. Will the Inflation Reduction Act deliver?

Cancer and multiple sclerosis patients insured by Medicare are among those awaiting lower drug prices from the Inflation Reduction Act.

News

How the Inflation Reduction Act would save Medicare drug costs

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on How the Inflation Reduction Act would save Medicare drug costs

The Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act would grant Medicare the authority to negotiate drug prices and cap out-of-pocket costs at $2,000 a year.

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