November 14, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Alex Azar, ational Community Pharmacists Association, B. Douglas Hoey, Bernie Sanders, Eli Lilly, HHS secretary, Lamar Alexander, Lilly USA, President Donald Trump, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Price
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WASHINGTON — Biopharmaceutical industry executive Alex Azar has been nominated as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fill the post vacated by Tom Price. Azar is currently founder and chairman of Seraphim Strategies LLC, an Indianapolis-based consultancy focused on the biopharma and health insurance industries, including biopharmaceutical sales, marketing, pricing,
September 25, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, America's Health Insurance Plans, Bernie Sanders, Bill Cassidy, David Merritt, Graham-Cassidy legislation, Lindsey Graham, Medicare, Nancy Pelosi, Obamacare, replace Obamacare, single-payer system
2017, Issue 09-25-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, News, Pharmacy
WASHINGTON — The effort to replace Obamacare has taken divergent paths, neither of which seems likely to produce a lasting alternative. Republicans, led by Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, proposed taking funds budgeted for the Affordable Care Act and sending it to states as block grants along with the
February 6, 2017 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, importation of prescription drugs, NACDS, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, prescription drug safety, prescription drugs from Canada
2017, Issue 02-06-2017, Issues, News
ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) sent a letter to all 100 U.S. senators last month ahead of a vote on an amendment that would allow Americans to purchase prescription drugs from Canada. In its letter, NACDS said that importation undermines the prescription drug safety net. “NACDS shares the goal
April 19, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Bernie Sanders, minimum wage, Target, Walmart
Business, Leading Headlines, Retail News
MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. reportedly has begun raising its minimum wage to $10 an hour. The discount store chain’s management has communicated the $1-per-hour raise to store managers, who have started informing employees about the increase, according to sources cited by Reuters. Most employees who earn less than $10 per hour should see their base
November 23, 2015 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Bernie Sanders, ColoradoCare, Health and Human Services, IMS Health, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, single-payer health care system, Sylvia Burwell, U.S. health care system, Walgreens Health Services
2015, Issue 11-23-2015, Issues, Opinion
More than five years after enactment of the Affordable Care Act, a measure designed to extend coverage to the uninsured and control expenditures, the turmoil in the U.S. health care system shows no signs of abating. Millions of Americans are still without health coverage, and health care costs continue to increase faster than the overall
October 12, 2015 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
2016 presidential race, Affordable Care Act, Bernie Sanders, cost of prescription drugs, Daraprim, Harvoni, Hillary Clinton, Jeffrey Woldt, pharmaceutical prices, Sovaldi, Viekira Pak
2015, Issue 10-12-2015, Issues, Opinion
The 2016 presidential race is already well under way. Despite thousands of speeches, interviews and, on the Republican side, two debates, there is a lot about the candidates’ thinking that needs to be clarified. One thing, however, is certain — health care will be a prominent issue as the process of choosing Barack Obama’s successor