RESOURCES


WHY ARE MY HEALTH CARE COSTS SO HIGH?

  • CBPP: Sabotage Watch, Tracking Efforts to Undermine the ACA

  • KFF: Insurer Participation on ACA Marketplaces, 2014-2019

  • KHN: Government-Protected ‘Monopolies’ Drive Drug Prices Higher, Study Says

  • The New York Times: A New Lawsuit Threatens Obamacare. Here’s What’s at Stake and What to Expect in Oral Arguments.

  • AARP: Drugmakers Blame the System for High Prescription Prices

 
 

WHAT IS THE HEALTH CARE REPEAL LAWSUIT?

  • Center for American Progress: If the ACA Is Repealed Under Texas v. Azar, Millions Will Lose Health Insurance Coverage

  • Center for American Progress: The Affordable Care Act’s Repeal Would Leave the Doughnut Hole Open

  • KFF: If the Affordable Care Act is Struck Down, Nearly All Americans Would Be Affected in Some Way

  • NWLC: Turning to Fairness

 

WHAT DOES A SOLUTION LOOK LIKE?

  • Social Security Administration: Subpart 2—Prescription Drug Plans; PDP Sponsors; Financing

  • AARP: Here’s How to Lower Prescription Drug Prices

  • True Cost of Health Care: Composite Analysis of the Finances for Thirteen of the World’s Largest Pharmaceutical Companies from 2011-2018

  • Harvard Business Review: How Pharma Companies Game the System to Keep Drugs Expensive

  • Health Affairs: Using External Reference Pricing In Medicare Part D To Reduce Drug Price Differentials With Other Countries

 

WHAT ARE MEDICARE NEGOTIATIONS?

  • CMS: CMS Roadmaps Overview

  • Social Security Administration: Subpart 2—Prescription Drug Plans; PDP Sponsors; Financing

  • KHN: Can Someone Tell Me What A PBM Does?

  • KHN: What’s the Latest on Medicare Drug Price Negotiations?

 

WHAT IS CONGRESS DOING TO HELP LOWER DRUG PRICES?

  • Congress.gov: S.102 - Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2019

  • KHN: GOP Senators Distance Themselves From Grassley And Trump’s Efforts To Cut Drug Prices

  • Politico: Senate Finance Pushes Ahead on Plan to Address High Drug Prices

  • AP News: GOP, Dems offer compromise to reduce drug costs for seniors

  • Congress.gov: H.R.3 - Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019

  • Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House: H.R. 3 – The Lower Drug Costs Now Act

  • NPR: How An 'International Price Index' Might Help Reduce Drug Prices

  • Congress.gov: S. 2543 - Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019

  • CBO.gov: Re: Effects of Drug Price Negotiation Stemming From Title 1 of H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, on Spending and Revenues Related to Part D of Medicare

  • KHN: Long-Awaited Drug Pricing Bill From Senate Finance Committee Would Cap Medicare ‘Part D’ Copays For First Time

 

WHY DOES THIS MATTER?

  • KFF: Polling, Nearly 1 in 4 Americans Taking Prescription Drugs Say It’s Difficult to Afford Their Medicines