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Debate has distinct campaign flavor
Advocacy groups investing heavily to influence Nevada voters, lawmakers Nevadans may have thought the big campaign ended last November, but their TVs are ...
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Details on health care bills in House, Senate
House Democratic leaders have presented a new health overhaul bill that melds legislation passed by three committees over the summer and makes a ...
Health care overhaul could raise Medicare Rx costs
Senate health care bill could lead to higher Medicare prescription drug costs for seniors Medicare recipients could see higher premiums for prescription drug coverage as a result of changes to complex provisions in a Senate health care bill, a senior Republican said ...
Allergan suing FDA over off-label policy
Allergan Inc., the maker of the Botox wrinkle treatment, challenged the government's ban on off-label drug marketing to doctors, saying it violates the company's right to freedom of speech. The company contends in a lawsuit filed Thursday that it should be able ...
Understanding Drug Allergies
It would be nice if every medicine we took immediately cleared up the disease or infection. Instead, sometimes the medications backfire-to be more precise, sometimes your immune system decides to fight the cure instead of the cause. When this happen, it sets ...
Lowering Medicare costs
Bill would allow seniors, government to save money under prescription drug program Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, is the latest in a long line of congressmen from his party to make bogus arguments ...
Medicare drug benefit gets good marks
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The Medicare drug benefit may have caused confusion when it was launched in 2006, but the program has since "exceeded expectations" in getting seniors coverage and trimming their medication costs, according to a new report. A study ...
CBO: House bill could raise drug costs for some
CBO: Some seniors could see drug costs rise under House bill but on average would spend less Some seniors could end up paying 20 percent more for their Medicare prescription drug plans under health care legislation in the House. But overall prescription ...
CBO: House bill could make some seniors pay more
Some seniors could end up paying 20 percent more for their Medicare prescription drug plans under health care legislation in the House. But overall prescription drug spending would decrease for seniors on average under the bill, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday ...
Depression no bar to Medicare drug plan enrollment
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Medicare's new prescription drug program is known for its complexity, which can be confusing even for perfectly healthy people not distracted by medical or mental health issues. However, a new study shows that people with depression or ...
Drug ads may not alter most cancer patients' care
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that most cancer patients have seen ads for various drugs used against their disease, but it may ultimately have little impact on their treatment. Consumer ads for prescription drugs have shot up since ...
