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COVID-19’s Total Cost to the U.S. Economy Will Reach $14 Trillion by End of 2023
Workplace absences, along with sales lost due to the cessation of brick-and-mortar retail shopping, airline travel and public gatherings, contributed the most.
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Biosimilar Drugs Underutilized Due to Commercial Insurance Restrictions
The first study to examine biosimilar drivers finds commercial insurers limit use in almost 20% of cases.
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Schaeffer Research Director Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Biomedical Innovation and Patient Access
Darius Lakdawalla was part of a panel of experts called upon by the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health.
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The Agency Keeping Alzheimer’s Drugs from Patients
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services refuses to approve breakthrough drugs.
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A Strategy for Value-Based Drug Pricing Under the Inflation Reduction Act
To make sure that CMS is getting its money’s worth for today’s drugs, it must ensure that the maximum fair price is aligned to drug value.
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Medicare’s ‘Coverage With Evidence Development’: A Barrier to Patient Access and Innovation
CMS should abandon CED or, at minimum, reform and restrict its use only for off-label applications of therapies.
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Alternatives to the QALY for Comparative Effectiveness Research
We now have useful and valid alternatives that allow for the assessment and valuation of treatments that improve population health without discriminating against vulnerable patient populations.
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Medicare Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs Could Significantly Reduce Costs
USC Schaeffer white paper finds that increasing access to obesity treatments would help save lives and reduce healthcare costs.
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Comments to CMS on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Drug Price Negotiation Program
Over 20 researchers cosigned a comment letter to Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services providing recommendations for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program
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New Schaeffer White Paper Offers Solutions to Ensure Greater Patient Access to Prescription Drugs
The researchers propose three strategies for mitigating negative impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act to ensure greater patient access, increased innovation and lower costs.
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