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Pharmacists offer tips for saving money on prescription drugs
17 Dec 2025 23:03 GMT
… of the University of Mississippi wrote about prescription assistance … the best price breakdown?
Medication access programs can help, … if a patient is on Medicare.
These programs include manufacturer … to sell certain prescription drugs at a big discount. …
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Opinion: Pharmacies will be the canary in the coal mine on the Medicare drug price negotiations
28 Nov 2025 13:19 GMT
… for 15 drugs, finalizing the second iteration of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation … pharmacy deserts, where access to medications is already limited. CMS needs … administration at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy.
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Medicare Advantage Companies Focus on Profits Over Care as Open Enrollment Ends
07 Dec 2025 09:34 GMT
… insurance companies that sponsor Medicare Advantage (MA) plans … more for higher priced drugs. These changes, according … some high priced medications eliminated from its drug benefits. Now, … this year, Idaho, Delaware, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, …
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Medicare’s new AI experiment, to be tested in Oklahoma, sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers
04 Dec 2025 18:09 GMT
… to approve medical procedures or drugs before proceeding.
Adults over 65 … -40% of her patients have Medicare.
“Medicare recipients are a vulnerable group … — Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Vermont, Virginia and Wyoming …
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Baldest states: See how Washington ranks for hair-loss medication prescriptions
02 Dec 2025 21:50 GMT
… the national average, with Mississippi and North Dakota also among … 44 are for hair-loss drugs. That is five times … #39;s because Medicare coverage explicitly excludes medications for cosmetic purposes …
Minoxidil is a topical drug applied directly to the scalp …
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Sisters in Birth Launches Capital Campaign to Build Birth Centers in Mississippi
18 Nov 2025 13:00 GMT
… , is responding to Mississippi’s maternity health crisis … postpartum, newborn care, and drug prescriptions, Clients will have direct … centers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s Strong … Earlier this year, the Mississippi State Department of Health …
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Democrats Shut Down Government Over Healthcare Affordability, but Want to Gut Vital Rural Drug Program
15 Nov 2025 17:39 GMT
… a condition of selling drugs through Medicare and Medicaid, must … 3,937.10
Free medication delivery to low-income … states to prohibit drug manufacturers from restricting … drugmaker challenges. Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, West Virginia, Minnesota, Kansas …
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More Americans Are Dying Before They Can Access Medicare Benefits, Researchers at Harvard and Brown Find
13 Nov 2025 05:54 GMT
… are unable to access Medicare — designed as a … Virginia, New Mexico, and Mississippi had the highest premature death … , West Virginia, and Mississippi also saw the three greatest … spending.
Preventable issues, like drug overdoses, suicides, traffic accidents, …
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State Analyses: Medicare Drug Plan Premiums and Availability Under the Inflation Reduction Act
25 Sep 2025 08:22 GMT
… supply of the analyzed drugs and excluded those that … Louisiana
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… of medicines through the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (MDNP … covered Part D drugs. Part D drugs are typically …
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Meet the Candidates: Mississippi Senate Special Elections on Nov. 4
30 Oct 2025 02:07 GMT
… require insurers to list medications and procedures that require … funding for Medicaid and Medicare
Proposes teacher and police … wants to lower prescription drug prices and protect … Democratic incumbent
Background: Incumbent Mississippi Senate District 11 Sen. …