How are we to help our most vulnerable neighbors—the un- or under-insured, the elderly, and children—when they have chronic illnesses? What can we do to help them get the prescription medications they need when the cost is often beyond their ability to pay? Take for instance, the cost of the cancer drug Bavencio: a three […]
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Are you telling yourself that you are not going to let allergies get you down this year? Wait, didn’t you say that last year? Allergic reactions are a common issue among people of all ages that can severely hinder your day-to-day life. You can stop them before they start and also minimize the amount of
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Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, made headlines in early 2018 for entering into a partnership with Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan. The three companies are planning to provide an alternative form of healthcare for their US employees. Although this partnership is only in its infancy, Amazon is already trying to establish itself in the
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By Tiffany Lee 2018 PharmD Candidate 8 out of 10 prescriptions filled in the U.S. today are for generic drugs, but many patients still have questions about generic drugs. Here’s a quick rundown on brand versus generic drugs and why we at NOVA ScriptsCentral mainly dispense generic drugs. Brand drugs A brand name drug has
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Health Insurance The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), established in 1997, increased Federal and State funding for children’s public health insurance. A new study selected a sample of Oregon parents who participated in a statewide survey to better understand coverage access for Oregon children and conducted 53 interviews with them. The interviews found that a
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By Aneeza Ahmad, PharmD Candidate, 2015 Generic drug prices are exponentially increasing at alarming rates, with no end in sight. Despite being less expensive overall than their brand name counterparts, generics have saved U.S. patients more than $1.5 trillion dollars in the past decade. The increase in generic drug prices is putting millions of people’s
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Take a look at Access Better Coverage: http://accessbettercoverage.org/ . That is all.
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**Let me start this post by being the first to state that I am only speaking on my personal experiences of reviewing the plans, and specifically the 2014 plans from when we were writing the ‘Healthcare Woes’ report. As I am writing this now I am meandering through the current enrollment site to see what
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Virginia saw the defeat of the Medicaid expansion movement for this year which has led to a large number of newspaper and web published articles looking at the uninsured and their choices for healthcare coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). What is more disturbing is that these articles are painting the ACA in the
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