Consumer News Are Major Insurers Trying To Lower Your Drug Costs

Why your health insurance premiums keep rising

Health care costs are rising due to higher hospital prices, drug costs, and administrative expenses. More people are using medical services as delayed pandemic care catches up. Insurers are adjusting ... Read More

Trump forcing insurers to pass rebates to consumers won’t lower drug prices

President Trump’s recent speech about lowering drug price has been both lauded as long-overdue and derided as an overly-broad policy blueprint that lacks real action steps. Among the most absurd ideas ... Read More

How Trump’s Online Drugstore May Affect Your Drug Costs

President Trump and top health officials announced a deal with Pfizer to try to lower Medicaid prices, and a website to help consumers buy drugs directly from manufacturers. By Rebecca Robbins ... Read More

Major insurers scale back Medicare Advantage and Part D plans for 2026

CVS Health, Humana, and UnitedHealth Group have announced that they will pull back on Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans next year. These changes are a response to financial ... Read More

15 high-cost drugs, including Ozempic, get major Medicare price reductions in latest negotiation round

The cuts stem from the Inflation Reduction Act, not Trump’s “most favored nation” approach, and apply to what Medicare pays drugmakers. A wave of vital prescription drugs is about to get a lot cheaper ... Read More

Direct-To-Consumer Sales Can Fulfill Trump’s Drug Pricing Promises

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sally Pipes is a scholar and think tank CEO who writes on health care. "The White House would be wise to push DTC programs as a ... Read More

Medicare enrollment 2026; costs rise, and you might have to find drug plan on your own

New Jersey seniors face higher Medicare prescription drug prices and fewer plan choices for 2026. Many insurers are cutting commissions for brokers, potentially leaving seniors with less help to ... Read More

Pfizer OKs deal to lower drug costs for Medicaid

The most-favored-nation policy demands companies reduce Medicaid prices, increase the costs of their drugs overseas, promise to match foreign prices for future drugs to what they cost in the U.S. and ... Read More

Consumer Alert: Insurers are changing or dropping Medicare Advantage Plans

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Medicare open enrollment begins next week, and recipients in the area are receiving letters indicating they no longer have Medicare Advantage. Insurance companies are dropping or ... Read More