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Michigan’s Bold New Solution to High Drug Prices

There’s a new bill in Michigan that would allow the state to cap the prices of wildly overpriced prescription drugs. It could be a model…

Big Pharma’s 20-Year War On America

Big Pharma turned the U.S. into the world's most lucrative market by rigging the system. For 20 years they denied our government the ability to…

The Government’s Radical Solution to Lower Drug Prices

One in four Americans can't afford to fill their prescription or pay for their medicine. Why? It's because Big Pharma companies like Mylar are exploiting…

The U.S. Is Finally Taking On Big Pharma

Biden and the Democrats finally implemented something that's been debated for decades — letting Medicare negotiate down the price of drugs. Now Big Pharma is…

The Republicans’ Main Talking Point Against Drug Price Negotiations Comes From a Pharmaceutical Investor

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge On Tuesday, following the Biden administration’s announcement of the pharmaceutical drugs that it has chosen for Medicare price negotiations…

How One Drug Could Break America’s Health Care System

In October of 2018, Eli Lilly was a mid-level pharmaceutical company, valued at not even half of Pfizer, but the company had a secret —…

This Is The Real Reason Insulin Prices Are Falling

Sean Morrow: Hey, I’m Sean, I’m a writer for More Perfect Union.  You might remember me from this video where I confessed to accidentally causing…

How The Sacklers Got (And Stayed) Rich

Video produced and edited by Sean Morrow and Brooke Shuman The Sacklers became one of the richest families on Earth by creating a massive opioid…

Medicare Premiums Will Skyrocket After Approval of Unproven $56k Drug

Seniors will pay record-high Medicare premiums in 2022 after the FDA approved an Alzheimer’s drug that costs $56,000 over the objections of medical advisors. There…

3 Ways Biden Can Lower Drug Prices Immediately

President Biden doesn’t need to wait for Congress to take aggressive action to lower prescription drug prices. Don Berwick, a former Administrator of the Centers…

Cori Bush And Democrats Finalizing A Plan To Lower Insulin Costs

The cost of insulin would drop from as much as $18,000 per year to just $420 under the House's Build Back Better Bill. As a…

Voters Rage At Rep. Scott Peters For Selling Out On Drug Prices

Democratic Rep. Scott Peters (CA), who has taken more pharma donations than any House representative this year, is leading an effort to weaken President Biden’s…