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20
Jun
2022

An Unnecessary Choice: Healthcare Or Your Dream Job

The phrase “when you do what you love you will never work in your life” is a saying that is often held as the standard when picking a job. So many individuals choose their jobs for the job description, the pay, or the location, but as the cost of health care rises, many feel stuck in a job they dislike in order to have the necessary health benefits.

24
Apr
2022

The 340B Drug Pricing Program

Medication can be a powerful healing substance to treat or prevent disease, infections, and other health-related complications. However, medication cannot fulfill its purpose if it is not taken. There are many reasons why patients nationwide avoid taking it, simply from inadvertently neglecting or facing its side effects.

05
Apr
2022

Who Bears The Burden

In 2020, healthcare spending in the United States increased by about 10% to $11,945 per person. The increase widened an already huge gap that too many of our legislators fail to include in their justifications of medical costs: the discrepancy in healthcare costs in the U.S. versus other high income countries.

19
Jan
2022

Insulin: From Pennies to Paychecks

The per unit price of insulin is 900% higher in the U.S. than in Canada. Unlike in other countries, the price of insulin has increased astronomically.

14
Jun
2021

Medicare Drug Price Negotiations and Importation in the Spotlight

Medicare drug price negotiations and drug importation have been the two big elephants in the room as public policies to finally bring drug prices down and in line with other high-income countries.