In the featured video, “Breaking Points” cohosts Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss one of the greatest threats currently facing the people of the world, namely food shortages and skyrocketing food prices. According to a recent NPR report,1 the global food price index hit its highest recorded level in March 2022, rising 12.6% in a… Read More »
Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed the covid-19 delta variant on NPR’s “The 1A” on July 2. Senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed hospital price transparency on WGN’s “NewsNation Now” on July 2. California Healthline correspondent Angela Hart discussed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s complicated relationship with California’s underfunded public health system on “The San Francisco Experience” podcast on… Read More »
Startup EQRx is taking on high-price prescription drugs with plans to bring ‘me too’ drugs to market at as little as one-third to one-fifth the price of their rivals. Photo: Mark Hertzberg/Zuma Press By Joseph Walker Joseph Walker The Wall Street Journal Biography @joewalkerWSJ joseph.walker@wsj.com Jan. 12, 2020 10:14 am ET A startup pharmaceuticals company… Read More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a sweeping executive order that would cut prices on virtually all branded prescription drugs sold to Medicare and other government programs, according to two industry sources who had discussions with the White House. FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist refills a container in a drug dispensing machine… Read More »
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media prior to departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, July 5, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Friday he’s preparing an executive order declaring a “favored nations clause” for drug prices, where the U.S. will pay… Read More »