Health Care Reform

Twenty-six of the 28 physicians included in the study received payments from pharmaceutical companies for a variety of reasons, most often noted as food and beverages, speaking or consulting fees.

The Senate committee chair wants to know why the drugs cost up to 15 times more in the United States than elsewhere.

The physician group approved a resolution to advocate for detailed explanations for coverage denials, which leads to "patient harm."

Hospitals overcharge employer-sponsored plans via their health insurance carriers to "cross-subsidize" the Medicare underpayments, and employer-sponsored health plans are stuck in the middle of this back-and-forth .

According to the report, reimbursements for cardiovascular diseases surpassed blood cancers for the first time in 12 years.

Drugs with higher manufacturing complexity, such as sterile injectables, are more vulnerable to shortages.