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A big cut in prescription drug prices for some Medicare beneficiaries kicks in next year, but finding those savings isn’t easy.

Birth control options have improved over the decades. Oral contraceptives are now safer, with fewer side effects. Intrauterine devices can prevent pregnancy 99.6% of the time. But no prescription drug or medical device works flawlessly, and people’s use of contraception is inexact.

President Joe Biden is heading to Florida to blast the Republican Party over proposals to undo prescription drug price caps and change Social Security and Medicare

Thérèse Coffey, the health secretary for England, has admitted to giving her leftover antibiotics to friends and family who were feeling unwell. This led to the British Medical Association issuing a statement, describing her actions as “not only potentially dangerous, but also against the law”.

It's Biden's last push to position the Democratic party as a champion for lowering health care costs.

President Joe Biden will head to a community college in Irvine, California, on Friday to meet with seniors and tout his administration’s efforts to reduce inflation and drive down costs

Medicare open enrollment starts soon, but 7 in 10 Medicare beneficiaries say they don’t compare Medicare plans during this period, which stretches from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7

The Inflation Reduction Act gives Medicare historic new powers to limit prescription drug prices. But the pharmaceutical industry is already lobbying to dull their impact.

Congress should take up the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act, a bill that would offer immediate drug price relief.

The Inflation Reduction Act is a huge step in the right direction. Two proposed laws would do more to help millions of Americans afford the prescriptions they need.

The Inflation Reduction Act is now law. In the long run, the law is expected to have beneficial effects on deficit reduction as per the Congressional Budget Office. Through extensions of Affordable Care Act subsidies and prescription drug pricing reforms, it aims to decrease health care expenditures for seniors and…