Health

• HHS should allow for generic competition among Ozempic-like drugs to lower consumers’ drug prices
• Task force urges steps to prevent prescription drug shortages
• Support for legislation to lower prescription prices for U.S. consumers
• Big Pharma and industry groups should drop lawsuits attempting to block drug price negotiation
• Key policies recommended to expand access and lower insulin prices
• Groups urge U.S. senators to advance legislation that would result in lower drug prices
• Groups support CMS proposal to require a generic drug cost-sharing tier for standardized health plans
• Protect the rights of 45 million contact lens consumers
• Advocates urge Congress to pass online kids’ safety reform
• It’s time to stand up for patients and to stop Big Pharma from ripping us off
• As the pandemic continues, the Build Back Better Act aims to provide critical assistance to American families
• Congress to protect all Medicare beneficiaries in reconciliation bill
• More can be done to protect consumers and patients during pharmaceutical mergers
• Public health policy versus pharmaceutical industry IP rights
• Prioritizing health equity to overcome the coronavirus pandemic
• Advocates urge the Biden administration to slash drug costs
• Seniors deserve a simplified Medicare enrollment process
• Patients deserve access to cheaper prescription drugs
• The next COVID-19 relief package should include these critical consumer protections
• AbbVie—Allergan merger a bad deal for consumers
• All insurers must make coronavirus tests and treatment free to patients
• Affordability should be paramount when the COVID-19 vaccine is released to the public
• Congress: Pass a clean budget for FY2021
• Pharmacy benefit managers are driving up drug costs for patients
• The sale of .org a big concern for non-profit organizations
• Healthcare mergers result in less choice and higher prescription drug prices for consumers
• The CREATES Act protects patients from outrageous prescription drug costs
• Trump administration to roll back fuel efficiency requirements
• 3M seniors could lose critical benefits if Benchmark Cap remains in Medicare Advantage
• Modernizing Medicare education tools empowers seniors
• Congress to gut key provision of Americans with Disabilities Act
• Do not delay or revise 2016 nursing home protections
• Do not let government agencies weaken consumer protections
• Enough with the sneaky and harmful policy riders
• Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) would hurt consumers
• More policy riders intended to threaten retiring Americans, hijack budget process
• P&G asked to provide chemical disclosures on all personal care products
• Congress must keep health markets competitive
• Policy riders threaten vital public safeguards, hijack budget process
• The Mylan-Teva merger is a healthcare disaster for consumers
• Protecting children from a common household item
• Keep cool on COOL
• Possible changes to Medicare promote choice and savings for seniors
• Additional requirements for charitable hospitals needed
• Including CHIP as a Lifeline-qualifying assistance program helps the working poor
• The most vulnerable to be harmed by automatic budget cuts in 2013
• Take a ride on the ‘Road to Economic Recovery’
• Patient control of health data
• Consumer Coalition for Health Privacy