Sydney Lupkin

1 week ago | kpbs.org | Sydney Lupkin

As President Trump touts his own executive orders to lower drug prices, the Medicare drug price negotiations begun during the Biden administration are continuing behind the scenes. Two companies – Novo Nordisk and Amgen – confirmed to NPR that they had received opening price offers from the government, kicking off bargaining that could last through October. The Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to a request for comment on the status of negotiations.

2 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Sydney Lupkin

Billy Joel canceled the rest of his summer concerts and announced that he has a brain condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus. "I'm sincerely sorry to disappoint our audience, and thank you for understanding," Joel, 76, told fans in a post to social media on Friday. The condition has caused problems with Joel's "hearing, vision and balance," according to the statement, and his doctors advised him against performing because it has exacerbated those symptoms.

1 month ago | mprnews.org | Sydney Lupkin

President Trump is taking aim at U.S. drug prices with an executive order geared toward forcing drug companies to match the lower prices paid in other developed countries. If drugmakers don't do it voluntarily, the administration is threatening to directly tie drug prices paid by government programs like Medicare to those paid in other countries.

1 month ago | kuow.org | Sydney Lupkin

President Trump's latest executive order on drug prices aims to lower them by bringing them into line with what other developed countries pay. Experts caution that this is no small task.

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Sydney Lupkin

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