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By Tami Luhby, CNN
The controversial new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, Aduhelm, is priced at $56,000 a year for treatment but Alzheimer’s patients won’t be the only ones shouldering the cost.
All of Medicare’s roughly 60 million enrollees will likely see their premiums rise to cover the new medication, experts say and the burden will also fall to federal and state governments and, therefore, to taxpayers.
Here’s how it’s expected to work: Because Aduhelm will be administered in physicians’ offices, it should be covered under Medicare Part B, not Part D plans, which pay for medications bought at pharmacies. For new Part B drugs, Medicare typically reimburses 103% of the list price.
Early lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic Health care fixer and communicator Andy Slavitt calls on political leaders and the public to do better.
By Editorial Board Text size Copy shortlink: Save the next life. That pragmatic, optimistic philosophy kept Minnesota health care troubleshooter extraordinaire Andy Slavitt moving forward as the death toll mounted during the COVID-19 pandemic s darkest days.
It s also excellent advice for a nation still trying to defeat the virus that halted ordinary life in 2020 and is once again threatening normality, with new variants wreaking havoc. This reality makes Slavitt s new book, Preventable, an early look at what went right and wrong, a valuable public service.
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Appeals court upholds rationing of hepatitis C treatment
CINCINNATI (AP) The Kentucky Department of Corrections can deny a life-saving but expensive hepatitis C medication to inmates, a federal appeals court ruled in a split decision.
Jul. 10 2021 @ 11:05pm
CINCINNATI (AP) The Kentucky Department of Corrections can deny a life-saving but expensive hepatitis C medication to inmates, a federal appeals court ruled in a split decision. The dissenting judge in this month’s 2-1 ruling at the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the majority’s opinion will condemn hundreds of prisoners to long-term organ damage and suffering, the Courier-Journal reported.
Georgia pushes back on Biden’s reevaluation of health plan
State wants to overhaul how residents buy insurance under Affordable Care Act By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press
Published: July 10, 2021, 3:04pm
Share: In this July 7, 2021, photo Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during an interview at his campaign office in Atlanta. Kemp s office says it was surprised to hear federal officials were reevaluating its plan to overhaul how state residents buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The director of Kemp s Office of Health Strategy and Coordination said in a recent letter that the move by the Biden administration suggests it wants to revisit the plan s approval, which he said is not allowed. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)