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Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Two dozen states side with HHS in its raucous dispute with pharma over a drug discount program

Exclusive Nicholas Florko

Prisons didn’t prescribe much Paxlovid or other Covid-19 treatments, even when they got the drugs

D.C. Diagnosis Nicholas Florko

The FDA’s Rob Califf on importing drugs from Canada, on Aduhelm, and on opioids

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Louisiana accuses UnitedHealth and its OptumRx PBM of inflating drug costs for its Medicaid program

First Opinion Benjamin F. Miller

Not going all in on the 988 hotline will ensure its failure

Health Nicholas Florko

State legislatures renew the push to roll back Covid-related public health measures

Health J. Emory Parker

Visualizing how fast the pandemic is getting better or worse, state by state

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Andrew Cuomo’s Covid-19 nursing home fiasco shows the ethical perils of pandemic policymaking

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Politics Edward Chen

‘Critically important work’: Adm. Rachel Levine on efforts to combat gender-based discrimination in health care

D.C. Diagnosis Rachel Cohrs

The unlikely crusader who’s winning the fight to lower hospital prices

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Hospitals Rachel Cohrs

A rich Republican businessman is an unlikely champion for lower hospital prices — but he’s winning the fight

Hospitals Bob Herman

Doctors in Arizona are trying to rewrite the surprise billing law to boost their own pay

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Arkansas becomes the latest state to sue drugmakers and PBMs over insulin pricing

Politics Nicholas Florko

Right to try 2.0: Advocates want to reduce oversight of ‘n of 1’ therapies

Politics Lev Facher

Biden’s new high-stakes research agency needs a home. For cities and states, the race for ARPA-H is on

Hospitals Tara Bannow

Hospital prices are soaring especially fast in Northern California. Here’s why

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Gilead faces criticism for donations to state senators who backed ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill in Florida

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Washington state moves closer to creating the next prescription drug affordability board

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Nevada joins a little-known, ambitious state consortium dedicated to better drug prices

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Oregon withdraws a waiver request to run a closed Medicaid formulary

D.C. Diagnosis Nicholas Florko

The new lightning rod in the fight over high drug prices

First Opinion Vincent Casingal

Maximizing kidney transplant equity means minimizing geography

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Covid-19 politics force state lawmakers to ponder pharma campaign cash

Politics Nicholas Florko

Oregon wants to get out of covering drugs like Aduhelm in Medicaid

Politics Maaisha Osman

Can a pro-Covid vaccine, anti-mandate position help a Republican win in a Democratic state?

Special Report Lev Facher

‘It’s soul-draining’: Health workers deployed to Covid hot zones are overwhelmed by deaths among the unvaccinated

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

A California law that bans drug coupons failed to increase generic use

Politics Megan Molteni

California could become first state to mandate biosecurity screening by mail-order DNA companies

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

California once again delays launch of a closely watched prescription drug purchasing program

Health Lev Facher

‘You work your butt off’: Inside the scramble to bring Covid-19 vaccines to homebound Americans

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

A nascent state effort would tax drug makers for not providing clinical evidence for price hikes

Politics Lev Facher

States still can’t import drugs from Canada. Now, many are seeking to import Canadian prices

Health Amy Sokolow

A Baltimore pastor, preaching about vaccines to the Black community, emphasizes personal agency