Healthcare & Drug Prices

32+ min ago   (583+ words) Dr. Em Walsh, assistant professor of medical ethics, presents findings from her research paper on Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying Law at the Politics, Philosophy and Economics Society's meeting on Thursday in Classroom Building 1. Members of UCF’s Politics, Philosophy and…...

6+ hour, 55+ min ago   (128+ words) inkl It’s no secret drug firms donate to political parties. But it’s still a secret exactly how much, and why Drug companies gave at least A$7.7 million over ten years to Australia’s major political parties, our new study shows. But…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (124+ words) Author Gad Saad wrote an incisive book, “Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind,” arguing that the policy blunders wrecking the West trace back to one miscalibrated virtue: empathy that is hyperactive, aimed at the wrong targets, and indifferent to what…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1175+ words) The planned 2027 legislation would cut back on the lengthy ‘cost review process’ state officials need to determine if a drug unaffordable Gov. Wes Moore offered his “public and loud” support for proposed legislation that would allow the state to more…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago   (309+ words) President Donald Trump and Gov. Wes Moore don’t agree on much. But Moore found himself Wednesday in the unusual position of begrudgingly acknowledging that the Trump administration is doing something right when it comes to prescription drug prices. The federal…...

11+ hour, 13+ min ago   (860+ words) Kean owns pharmaceutical company stock. Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. is financially benefiting from the high cost of cancer drugs. Last year, the New Jersey congressman co-sponsored a provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) that allowed pharmaceutical…...

11+ hour, 46+ min ago   (407+ words) National Audit Office to look into controversial deal with the Trump administration. LONDON — Britain’s public spending watchdog is probing the cost of Donald Trump’s drug pricing deal with the U.K., after six parliamentary committee chairs called for an investigation....

16+ hour, 1+ min ago   (298+ words) Distressing clamping experience in Dublin A little compassion goes a long way Distressing clamping experience in Dublin Recently I attended the National Maternity Hospital, where my appointment ran long and I topped up my parking every hour. I missed one…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (565+ words) Few responsibilities are more serious for government than protecting human life while respecting individual dignity and freedom. Medical assistance in dying (MAID) presents Canadians with profound moral, medical, and legal questions. My position is straightforward: Canada must remain compassionate, but…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (205+ words) Religious freedom is under assault throughout the West around what I call “do harm” medicine. With doctors now expected to abort babies, kill or mutilate sick patients… Religious freedom is under assault throughout the West around what I call “do…...