Consumer News Why Are Prescription Drugs So Much More Expensive In The Us

Why are US medicines so darn expensive?

US President Donald Trump and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla shake hands in the Oval Office of the White House. | Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images Standing next to Pfizer CEO Albert Borla ... Read More

When Insurance Makes Medicine More Expensive: The Counterintuitive Cost of Coverage

A new study finds two neurology drugs cost less without insurance, revealing how complex drug pricing can make medicine more expensive overall. Read More

Will Tariffs Make Drugs More Expensive? The Answer Keeps Changing. Here's How to Save on Your Prescriptions No Matter What

At the end of September, President Trump also announced additional tariffs on most imported brand-name drugs unless manufacturers agree to build plants in the U.S. (Companies such as Johnson & Johnson ... Read More

Direct-to-consumer drug pricing could compete with prescription insurance

A new study offers a glimpse at how direct-to-consumer pharmacy pricing could one day present stiff competition to the private prescription drug insurance model, researchers say. Read More

President Trump’s Executive Orders On Prescription Drug Prices: What The Evidence Says

Among the flurry of executive orders (EOs) issued by President Trump as his first hundred days in office drew to a close are two taking aim at the high cost of prescription drugs. For many ideas in ... Read More

Why the Pfizer-Trump pharma deal is a win for branded pharma, but not for consumers

So, a total of $1.9 billion in cost savings, which is modest compared to a market size of $590 billion for pharmaceuticals in the US. Still, these cost savings would be realised at the cost of ... Read More

What will ‘TrumpRx’ actually mean for patients? Who will benefit most from slashed drug costs — and what those savings will look like

Could “TrumpRx” be the prescription for lower drug prices? President Donald Trump announced a landmark deal with Pfizer to cut drug prices and sell medications on TrumpRx, a direct-to-consumer federal ... Read More

Medicare and seniors may be blowing billions on useless drugs

Every bit of savings counts, and all moves to make the government more efficient will be cheered by all taxpayers. But it’s not much compared with U.S. deficits. Read More

Pharma companies announce direct-to-consumer sales and price cuts in US

Several pharmaceutical companies have said they will sell drugs direct to patients in the U.S. and offered discounts following President Donald Trump's calls to bring down drug prices and cut out ... Read More

Exclusive-US pharmacies, drug discounters are discussing TrumpRx role with administration

Retail pharmacies and prescription drug savings site GoodRx are talking with the Trump administration about joining its TrumpRx website, they told Reuters, suggesting an expansion beyond the early ... Read More

Mark Cuban gives Trump's proposed direct-to-consumer prescription drugs website a 'B'

Mark Cuban gave Trump's new drugstore venture a "B," and said it would be good for patients. TrumpRx.gov aims to sell drugs directly to consumers, bypassing Pharmacy Benefit Managers. Cuban questioned ... Read More