Pharmaceutical cost resources
There are hundreds of recent articles that are important stories on U.S. health care and illustrate the abuses of our health care system. Most of the articles are behind paywalls at New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Bloomberg.com and numerous other sources. The Imperative Foundation would like to provide free links to such articles, including those below, but it is expensive to do so. At present, we can only provide the titles, general headlines, and links to the articles.
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Articles
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Journal Of American Medical Association (JAMA)
Note: JAMA’s “AI In Clinical Practice” website page provides insight to early uses of AI in health care.
August. 19, 2024, A $6 Billion Breakthrough or a Drop in the Bucket?
August. 19, 2024, A $6 Billion Breakthrough or a Drop in the Bucket? After decades of effort, and for the first time, the government successfully negotiated drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies. For years, the fight to control health care prices, perhaps the most significant factor in health care spending,
August 5, 2024 Study Puts a $43 Billion Yearly Price Tag on Cancer Screening
August 5, 2024 Study Puts a $43 Billion Yearly Price Tag on Cancer Screening The estimate focused on five cancers for which there is medically recommended screening — breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate — and found that colonoscopies accounted for most of the costs. The largest driver of screening
August 2024, National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action; Summary of Criminal Charges Of Cases Filed In Federal And State Courts
August 2024, National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action; Summary of Criminal Charges Of Cases Filed In Federal And State Courts For January to June 2024 only. Note: The link above brings you to a U.S. Justice of Department webpage that lists Medicare and health care fraud cases, only between January
July 10, 2024, How Drug Middlemen Keep Beating the System
July 10, 2024, How Drug Middlemen Keep Beating the System Pharmacy-benefit managers are outsmarting regulators by adapting their opaque business models and keeping data from the public. A report by the FTC points to ways in which middlemen are creating conflicts of interest and pushing up costs. Links Wall Street
July 8, 2024, Insurers Pocketed $50 Billion From Medicare for Diseases No Doctor Treated
July 8, 2024, Insurers Pocketed $50 Billion From Medicare for Diseases No Doctor Treated Questionable diagnoses of HIV and other maladies triggered extra Medicare Advantage payments; ‘It’s anatomically impossible.’ Gloria Lee was perplexed when the phone calls started coming in from a representative of her Medicare insurer. Could a nurse