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Independent pharmacies may skip low-cost Medicare drugs
More than half of independent pharmacies are considering not stocking the first 10 drugs that were subject to Medicare price ...
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FDA Says Compounding Pharmacies Can Keep Making Weight-Loss Med Tirzepatide, for Now
Pharmacists may continue making compounded versions of the weight-loss medication tirzepatide while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revisits its Oct. 2 decision to remove the medicine from a ...
Medicare changes may help seniors save money, what are they?
Medicare open enrollment is now underway and there is free benefits counseling available to help you select the best plan.
Healthy Returns: Covering weight loss drugs could cost Medicare $35 billion through 2034
Medicare coverage of the drugs would up federal spending by $35 billion from 2026 to 2034. Meanwhile, CNBC tests Abbott’s ...
Drugmakers can keep making off-brand weight-loss drugs as FDA backpedals
Facing a lawsuit, the Food and Drug Administration has decided to reconsider its decision to take popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs off of the national shortage list, which will allow compounding ...
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Free Medicare Enrollment Support Offered by Oregon's SHIBA Program During Open Enrollment Period
Oregon's ODHS offers free Medicare Open Enrollment guidance through the SHIBA program, including updates on 2025 changes, ...
Alzheimer's: Simple Drug Change Could Save Medicare Hundreds of Millions
Medicare could save millions of dollars every year by changing the way they package Alzheimer's medication.
Medicare open enrollment starts today; what’s new for 2025, plus ways to avoid scams
One of the biggest changes takes effect in 2025. Part D drug plans must cap out-of-pocket spending on covered drugs at $2,000 ...
Human sense of smell may be quicker than you think
People sense millisecond shifts in odor as quickly as they might spot a change in color, new research shows. The study ...
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Coverage for weight loss drugs could cost Medicare $35 billion by 2034
Total direct federal costs of covering AOMs would increase from $1.6 billion in 2026 to $7.1 billion in 2034, CBO finds.
Changing Alzheimer's drug vial size might save big money for Medicare
A simple tweak in available vial sizes of the breakthrough Alzheimer's drug Leqembi could save Medicare hundreds of millions ...
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Discarded Lecanemab Leads to Medicare Drug Waste of Up to $336 Million
Lecanemab (Leqembi; Eisai/Biogen) received traditional approval from the FDA in July 2023, following an accelerated approval ...