Paying $600 for an EpiPen? I don’t think so
It’s all over the news. The drug company Mylan has raised the cost of EpiPens, the anti-allergic reaction device, to […]
Prescription Drugs
Why prescription drug prices are rising so sharply
Nearly one-third of Americans polled by Consumer Reports said they had experienced a drug price hike in the past year,
One-third of Americans seeing price hikes for medications that are impacting retirement plans, family life, and health, survey shows
As the pharmaceutical industry and insurance company battle over profits, consumers are reeling from the uncontrolled rise in drug prices.
Federal agency refuses to step in and require genetic competition for expensive, prostate cancer drug
The National Institutes of Health will not take action to authorize generic competition for an expensive, patented, and taxpayer-funded prostate
Baby boomer bloggers write about spring, grandkids, health, and housing
Laura Lee Carter of the Adventures of the New Old Farts is the host of the Best of Boomer
Drug company to pay $125 million for health care fraud scheme
Warner Chilcott was sentenced Monday in a federal court to pay $125 million to resolve criminal and civil charges arising
Top news stories for consumers in 2015
2015 wasn’t a very good year for consumers. Although the economy is improving slowly, consumers aren’t seeing the benefits. Salaries
Study linking antidepressants to autism shows Big Pharma, Feds need to do a better job protecting consumers
Like the vast expansion in the use of opoid painkillers such as OxyContin, health care providers and pharmaceutical companies are
Baby boomer bloggers write about travel, health, and home
Christmas in Madrid I’m the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #428. It’s the holidays, and several