The House Oversight and Accountability Committee held a hearing on problems relating to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), which are companies that negotiate drug costs with manufacturers on…
564 viewsPodcaster and first-time author Laura Cathcart Robbins discussed her memoir about her struggle with addiction. This interview took place at the 2023 Tucson Festival of Books.
130 viewsPharmaceutical industry CEOs and senior executives testified on lowering the cost of insulin before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. The committee questioned the…
1,780 viewsSTAT News' Rachel Cohrs talked about congressional and White House efforts to address rising prescription drug prices.
351 viewsJournalist and author Sam Quinones talked about the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. and the role played by Mexico in addressing the problem.
852 viewsLosing a Generation was the first-prize middle school winner in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. Ben Kurian, a seventh grader at Olentangy Liberty Middle School in Powell, Ohio, produced…
73 viewsDuring a visit to Las Vegas, President Biden highlighted his administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug prices and talked about two major pharmaceutical firms deciding to cap the…
402 viewsAuthors David Enrich (Confidence Man), Sari Horwitz (American Cartel) and Beth Macy (Raising Lazarus) discussed the opioid crisis in America. This event was part of the 2023 Tucson Festival…
235 viewsPresident Biden warned Floridians that if Republicans take control of Congress, programs like Social Security and Medicare are in jeopardy. The president spoke about Democratic plan to…
502 viewsRahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, took part in a Washington Post virtual discussion on the synthetic opioid fentanyl and the Biden…
145 viewsSpeaking at the East Portland Community Center in Portland, Oregon, President Biden talked about the Inflation Reduction Act and its impact on prescription drug prices and other costs. The…
487 viewsExecutive branch officials testified at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the continued rise of overdose deaths linked to fentanyl. Senators' questions…
868 viewsAvik Roy, president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, talked about the Inflation Reduction Act’s potential impact on prescription drug prices.
559 viewsDr. Rahul Gupta, White House National Drug Control Policy director, said “for far too many years, the overdose crisis has been unraveling the very social fabric of our nation, and destroying American…
878 viewsDr. Joel Zinberg, a former economic adviser to former President Trump, talked about Senate Democrats' health care and prescription drug proposals.
508 viewsErin Durkin talked about Senate Democrats' prescription drug reform bill.
251 viewsMinority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke (R-KY) from the Senate floor on the Democratic plans aimed at lowering prescription drug costs, calling them “socialist price controls.” Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-I)…
165 viewsDr. Rahul Gupta, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), testified before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control on his organization’s 2022 strategy. He said…
453 viewsPete Flores, executive assistant commissioner for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations, said most illicit drugs enter through points of entry along the Southwest…
1,034 viewsMcKinsey and Company Global Managing Partner Bob Sternfels denied allegations by a congressional committee that the company hid its work for Purdue Pharma, manufacturer of OxyContin, while also advising the…
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