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Politics Rachel Cohrs In a massive victory for Democrats, Medicare is poised to negotiate drug prices
Politics Rachel Cohrs Democrats will have to limit their drug pricing reforms to Medicare to comply with Senate rules
The Readout LOUD Damian Garde, Allison DeAngelis and Adam Feuerstein Listen: The last-minute push for drug pricing reform, Alnylam’s success, and Sarepta’s gamble
First Opinion David Blumenthal Keeping climate provisions in the budget reconciliation act is a key step toward protecting Americans’ health
Politics Rachel Cohrs In a momentous vote for Pelosi, House sends drug pricing reforms to President Biden’s desk
D.C. Diagnosis Elissa Welle Democrats’ TGIF moment, pathologists defend their turf, & Biogen’s back at the FDA’s doorstep
Matt's Take Matthew Herper The Senate’s drug pricing bill is an inevitable solution. It will still have plenty of unintended consequences
Health Care Inc. Bob Herman A lobbying frenzy over surprise billing, employer dialysis questions, and a big broker throwdown
D.C. Diagnosis Edward Chen A chaotic sprint to lower insulin prices and AIDS activists go after Biden on monkeypox
D.C. Diagnosis Rachel Cohrs The view on drug pricing from Wall Street, a pharma-friendly Dem holds firm, and what’s next for a big telehealth bill
Pharmalot Ed Silverman Wyden says Merck and Abbott aren’t cooperating with probe into pharma tax practices
Politics Nicholas Florko Senators demand answers about federal prisons’ scant use of Covid therapeutics
Politics Rachel Cohrs ‘What can we do?’: Pharma lobbyists face their biggest test in a decade, as Democrats barrel toward a vote on drug pricing
First Opinion Craig Garthwaite Drug price controls are a dance with the devil: short-term savings will be overwhelmed by loss of innovation
Politics Nicholas Florko Powerful Senate Democrat outlines ‘plenty’ more drug pricing reforms to follow Medicare negotiation
D.C. Diagnosis Nicholas Florko PhRMA and BIO descend on D.C. & unpacking the Senate’s FDA funding drama
First Opinion Cliff A. Megerian and Peter Pronovost Now is not the time for Congress to further cut hospitals’ Medicare payments
Politics Rachel Cohrs New Senate proposal to lower insulin prices would let drugmakers lock in their current profits
Politics Lev Facher Congress is closer than ever to formally authorizing ARPA-H. But the details aren’t as final as they seem