News & Analysis as of August 25, 2025

Prescription Drugs

+ Follow

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - April 2025 #4

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 4/28/2025

News Briefs - High Court to Hear Case Challenging ACA Free Preventive Care - The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case challenging a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires private insurers to cover...more

Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - July 2022

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 7/21/2022

The 21st century American reality is if you get sick, really sick,you're in for a money nightmare on top of the emotional and physical toll of serious disease. Medical costs keep skyrocketing with no sign of easing....more

Summer Reruns: ‘340B Contract Pharmacy Saga’ Back in the Spotlight as OGC Withdraws Advisory Opinion

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law on 6/25/2021

Like the Brood X cicadas emerging from their 17-year chthonic slumber, summer 2021 saw the reemergence of something else set to dominate headlines: 340B contract pharmacies. Given the link between the Medicaid drug rebate...more

Health insurance? It’s now about the price of a new car each year.

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 10/4/2019

Millions of Americans may sigh at Bertha, Barney, or Betty, or whatever they’ve nicknamed the beat-up family vehicle parked out front: “Wouldn’t it be great, if only we could afford a nicer, newer model?”...more

$14k to treat iron-poor blood? That’s rich. As is politicians’ health care frenzy.

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 8/6/2019

Iron poor blood? For many of a certain age, mere mention of that phrase conjures the major advertising campaigns of yore for a popular, over-the-counter nostrum called Geritol. The tonic is still around and sells for less...more

ML Strategies Health Care Preview - May 2019 #3

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 5/15/2019

This week, all is quiet in the Senate as stakeholders await the release of the highly anticipated cost-containment package that is being developed by the HELP and Finance committees. While the details are not yet public – a...more

Cost of medical billing soars to half a trillion dollars—and half may be wasted

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 4/17/2019

When patients battle with the desperate extremes of a disease like a fast-spreading cancer, it isn’t just the radiation and chemo therapies that sap their spirits, there’s a demoralizing runner-up concern: The constant...more

ML Strategies Health Care Preview - April 2019

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 4/8/2019

This week, Congress is keeping its eye on drug pricing with a reported hearing in the House Ways & Means Committee. This comes on the heels of the full E&C Committee advancing six pieces of bipartisan legislation for full...more

Health Care Update - February 2016

Mintz - ML Strategies on 2/16/2016

Are Lawmakers and Stakeholders Ready for the Silver Tsunami? - Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a projection that shows Medicare enrollment will grow by more than 30 percent in the next decade...more

9 Results

View per page

Page: of 1

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) › Healthcare Costs › Prescription Drugs

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"