The Price Of Health
A WBUR series exploring why drug prices are so high, and what might be done about it
Questions Surround The Role Of Pharmacy Benefit Managers In Driving Drug Prices
A recent report from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission raises concerns that PBMs may be driving up costs associated with prescription medicines.
Massachusetts, The Innovation Hub, Debates Aggressive Drug Price Controls
One contentious provision that's been floated: price caps for drugs with costs found to be "excessive or unreasonable."
The Quest To Cure Diabetes: From Insulin To The Body's Own Cells
“I thought by now I would have cured the disease,” says Harvard University's Doug Melton, one of the leading diabetes researchers in the U.S. “It's taken much longer than I...
Mouse Among Health Care Elephants: Boston Nonprofit Calls Out 'Unfair' Drug Prices
ICER -- filling a role that government agencies fill in other developed countries -- is an increasingly influential player in the furious fight over high American drug prices.
Mass. Residents Want Government Action On High Drug Prices
It seems that when it comes to drug prices, the sense of unfairly high prices or predatory practices extends beyond one’s own pocketbook.
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Why Insulin Defies The Normal Rules Of Economics And Keeps Getting More Expensive
The first fast-acting insulin hit the market in 1996, the same year as the Nintendo 64. The video game system got progressively cheaper, but a vial of insulin that originally...
This Mass. Woman Has 2 Insurance Plans. She's Still Struggling To Pay For Prescriptions
“When you're up backed up against a wall, I mean you have to do something,” says Everett resident Joanne Rhoton. “And I'm sure that I'm not the only person that...
WBUR Poll: 76% Of Mass. Residents Think Drug Prices Are Unreasonable
Another finding: Nearly one in three reported that it is somewhat or very difficult to afford their prescription drugs.