Updates
$371 for a wrinkle cream? Yep. Price increases with prescription
Heidi Godman got a huge surprise when she tried to fill a prescription for a vitamin A-based cream her dermatologist…
TV ads push prescription drug sales
Marketing, not research, continues to drive pharmaceutical sales and create best-sellers…
Have you received a surprise hospital bill?
Pat Bracken was shocked to receive a $600 bill from the emergency room doctor who treated her…
Price for asthma drug jumps 1,000 percent in just one year
Two pharmaceutical giants pushed up the price of a popular generic asthma drug more than 1…
New ads needle Big Pharma over sky-rocketing prices
Taking a page out of the pharmaceutical industry’s playbook, the Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing launched…
Hospitals’ “list prices” drawing greater scrutiny
Here’s a word most health care consumers probably have never heard but should care about: “chargemasters."…
A new low for health care consumers: ‘GoFund’ my prescriptions
Facing rising prices and few good options, Americans are turning to crowdfunding to pay for prescription drugs,…
Beware of bogus cancer treatments FDA warns
Sometimes we have to be reminded that a product claim that sounds too good to be true, usually is exactly that, even…
High hospital “list prices” matter even if patients don’t pay the full bill
Chances are good the hospital bill you received contains “discounts” negotiated either by your health insurance…
Pharmaceutical industry ally says hospitals, not Pharma, to blame for rising health care costs
Pharmaceutical companies are receiving intense scrutiny and criticism for raising prescription drug prices. But some,…