Monthly Archives: August 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is targeting the blood thinner Eliquis, diabetes treatment Jardiance and eight other medications for Medicare’s first-ever drug price negotiations as it seeks to lower medical costs for Americans. The administration on Tuesday released a list of the 10 drugs for which prices will be negotiated directly with the manufacturer. […]

Medicare announced today that it would negotiate prices for a set of 10 drugs as part of the government’s drug pricing reform law. The list includes blood thinners, insulins, diabetes and heart failure medications. Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with STAT news correspondent Rachel Cohrs. This segment aired on August 29, 2023.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise revealed Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer that affects the bone marrow, and has begun treatment. The treatment is expected to take several months. Scalise, R-La., intends to return to Washington and work while he is being treated, he said in a statement […]

Canada’s blood supply has taken a hit this summer, due in part to B.C. wildfires, and Albertans are being urged to step up and help fill the void. A number of unprecedented events across the country have resulted in fewer blood donations, during what is already typically a slow season, according to Canadian Blood Services. “We expected […]

Read Sen Blood’s letter to Gov Pillen here (Lincoln, Neb.  Aug. 28. 2023)  As a result of numerous complaints from Lincoln Reginal Center  (LRC) staff, Nebraska State Senator Carol Blood, who represents District 3 in the legislature,  sent a letter today to Governor Jim Pillen requesting his immediate attention. LRC is a 250-bed inpatient psychiatric hospital in Lincoln that […]

Police in Philadelphia are investigating after a man was shot and killed following an altercation in the city’s Hunting Park neighborhood on Monday night. According to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small, officers responded to a report of a shooting at about 10:21 p.m., on the 900 block of W.Lycoming Street, in the city’s Hunting […]

Aug 29(Reuters) – The Biden administration on Tuesday released its list of 10 prescription medicines that will be subject to the first-ever price negotiations by the U.S. Medicare health program that covers 66 million people, with big-selling blood thinner Eliquis from Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY.N) and Pfizer (PFE.N) among them. President Joe Biden’s signature Inflation […]