"Marketplace plans from the Affordable Care Act no longer feel very affordable to many people, because Congress did not extend a package of enhanced subsidies that expired at the end of 2025. An estimated 4.8 million will go without coverage this year."
#healthcare #ACA #insurance #medicaid #hospitals #RuralHealth #CostsOfCare #DrugPrices
"Marketplace plans from the Affordable Care Act no longer feel very affordable to many people, because Congress did not extend a package of enhanced subsidies that expired at the end of 2025. An estimated 4.8 million will go without coverage this year."
#healthcare #ACA #insurance #medicaid #hospitals #RuralHealth #CostsOfCare #DrugPrices
"Many low-income Californians prescribed wildly popular weight loss drugs lost their coverage for the medications at the start of the new year.
Health officials are recommending diet and exercise as alternatives to heavily advertised weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, advice experts say is unrealistic."
#healthcare #medicaid #PrescriptionDrugs #DrugPrices #CostsOfCare #california
"Many low-income Californians prescribed wildly popular weight loss drugs lost their coverage for the medications at the start of the new year.
Health officials are recommending diet and exercise as alternatives to heavily advertised weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, advice experts say is unrealistic."
#healthcare #medicaid #PrescriptionDrugs #DrugPrices #CostsOfCare #california
"Trump claimed drug companies would be forced to give Americans the lowest prices in the world. ...
Now reality has arrived. And it brought the receipts.
As of yesterday, drugmakers are raising U.S. prices on at least 350 branded medications—up sharply from 250 last year."
~ Michael Cohen
"Trump claimed drug companies would be forced to give Americans the lowest prices in the world. ...
Now reality has arrived. And it brought the receipts.
As of yesterday, drugmakers are raising U.S. prices on at least 350 branded medications—up sharply from 250 last year."
~ Michael Cohen
Drugmakers raise US prices on 350 medicines despite pressure
#HackerNews #DrugPrices #Healthcare #Pharmaceuticals #Medicine #PriceIncrease
"Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California will begin selling affordable insulin under its own label on Jan. 1, nearly three years after he first announced a partnership to sell state-branded generic drugs at lower prices."
https://apnews.com/article/california-affordable-insulin-415edd0b915677d2051d22b4b8f8121c
#healthcare #diabetes #insulin #PrescriptionDrugs #manufacturing #DrugPrices #CostsOfCare #california
Republicans. They're not sending their best.
Trump promises to cut drug prices by 1,500%—then doubles them instead
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/27/2345606/-Trump-promises-to-cut-drug-prices-by-1-500-then-doubles-them-instead
#DrugPrices #BigFuglyBill #BBB #Medicare #Medicaid #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Republicans. They're not sending their best.
Trump promises to cut drug prices by 1,500%—then doubles them instead
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/27/2345606/-Trump-promises-to-cut-drug-prices-by-1-500-then-doubles-them-instead
#DrugPrices #BigFuglyBill #BBB #Medicare #Medicaid #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
