• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
cropped-rhj-header-logo-transparent-background-e1619110790271.png

Radio Health Journal

The latest in health, science, technology, and the intersection of medicine and public policy.

  • Home
  • Archive
    • Full Segment Archive
    • Advanced Search
    • Filters
    • Recent Segments
    • Segment Type
      • Feature Stories
      • Inside Looks
      • Medical Notes
    • Taxonomies
      • Books & Publications
      • Guests
      • Institutions & Organizations
      • Medical Conditions
      • Medical Journals
      • Program Numbers
      • Topics Archive
  • How to Listen
    • Podcast & Other Digital Outlets
    • Terrestrial Broadcast
    • Ways to Listen Overview
  • About
    • About Radio Health Journal
    • Contact Us
    • FAQ
    • Our Team
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Login
    • Become an Affiliate
    • Benefits of Being an Affiliate
    • More About Syndicated Radio Programming
    • Public Affairs & FCC Requirements FAQ
    • Sample Programs

Tackling High Drug Prices

You are here: Home / Archive / Feature Stories / Tackling High Drug Prices
Published: June 10, 2018 by RHJ Producer

High prescription drug costs are a problem that most Americans deal with. In response to this, President Donald Trump announced last month that his administration is introducing a 50-point plan to cut drug prices. Dr. David Hyman, a Professor at Georgetown University Law Center and co-author of Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much for Healthcare, talks through some of the plan’s major points and asks how effective they will truly be in the long run.

The plan centers around an attempt to ease the entry of generic drugs into the market and to make their prices more flexible. Eric Hargan, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), says branded drug companies must stop their “gamesmanship”– tactics used to slow the creation of a competitive, free market for drugs. And, getting more drugs into “part D” allows Medicare to negotiate for lower prices through pharmaceutical benefit managers (PBMs).

But, the PBMs bring issues of their own into the industry. President Trump says that these middlemen have been part of the problem by stopping the distribution of rebates and discounts to consumers and pocketing the money themselves, which also leads to artificially high list prices for drugs. Dr. Hyman says that PBMs are still important to the industry, because they structure the pharmaceutical market, but the plan will hopefully help to create a fairer market.

Another potentially influential part of the plan, announced by Alex Azar, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will be to require drug companies to announce the list prices of drugs in their advertisements in the interest of transparency.

In his book, Dr. Hyman introduces several points that he believes would be beneficial in helping Americans pay less for drug. But these points are not in President Trump’s recent plan. He suggests that allowing Americans to import generic drugs from foreign markets would help solve the generic drug price hikes. Dr. Hyman also stressed that high insurance costs are the biggest driver of high costs for prescription drugs.

For more information about the plan to lower drug prices and the guests featured in this segment, visit the links below.


Guest Information:

  • Dr. David Hyman, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and co-author of Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much for Healthcare
  • Eric Hargan, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Links for more info:

  • Dr. David Hyman
  • whitehouse.gov
  • Eric Hargan
  • Alex Azar
Program #: 18-23Segment Type: Feature StoriesTopics: Drug Cost| Economics and Finance| Federal Government| Federal Government and Regulation| Generic Drugs| Government and Legislation| Health Care| Health Cost| Insurance| Medicare and Medicaid| Pharmacology and Toxicology| Poverty| Prescription DrugsGuests: Dr. David Hyman| Eric HarganPublications: Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much for HealthcareInstitutions & Organizations: Georgetown Law Center| Georgetown University| United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • 104Share on Facebook
  • 99Share on Twitter
  • 66Share on Instagram
  • 53Share on LinkedIn
  • 77Share on Pinterest
  • 44Share on Reddit
  • 137Share on Email

Related Segments:

ICU PTSD

Children's Mental Health Treatment

Children’s Mental Health Treatment

The "Baseball Rule"

The “Baseball Rule”

The Future of Little People

The Future of Little People

Dealing With the Rise In Osteoporosis

Dealing With the Increase in Osteoporosis

Heat and Violence

Heat and Violence

Previous Post:The "Baseball Rule"The “Baseball Rule”
Next Post:Medical Notes: Week of June 17, 2018

About RHJ Producer

Since 1992, Radio Health Journal has been bringing listeners useful, verifiable information they can trust and rely on in the fields of medicine, science & technology, research, and the intersection of health & public policy. Both Radio Health Journal and sister show Viewpoints Radio are AURN productions.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Sidebar


AURN Podcasts


Trending Topics

Public Health and Public Safety

Research and Clinical Trials

Health Care

News and Headlines

Mental Health

Behavioral Science

Family and Interpersonal Relationships

Covid-19 Pandemic

Technology

Nutrition and Diet


Latest Headlines

Medical Notes: How Vitamin D Can Fight Your Allergies, America’s Impending Population Shortage, And The Care Disparity With Dementia Patients

Medical Notes: The Best Place To Live For Your Brain Health, Reducing Animal Testing, And Why You Should Skip Your Afternoon Nap

Medical Notes: Your Humidifier Is Making You Sick, Global Warming Is Messing Up Your Gut, And Do Cancer Vaccines Work?

Medical Notes: Human Blood Can Poison Mosquitoes, Why Soup Is Good For Pregnancy, And How Trees Keep Communities Healthy

Medical Notes: The Issue With Fewer Forest Fires, Watching Traumatic Events Can Cause PTSD, And How Microplastics Are Fueling Antibiotic


Most Discussed

Empty Nose Syndrome: When a Routine Nose Surgery Goes Wrong

Lewy Body Dementia

Can IUDs and Other Contraceptives Trigger Autoimmune Disease?

Can IUDs & Other Contraceptives Trigger Autoimmune Disease?


Covid-19 Pandemic

Children Are The Future, So Why Is Childcare Breaking Down?

Public Health And Politics: A Look At The Mistakes Made During The Pandemic

Does A Good Bedside Manner Save Lives?


Check out our sister show Viewpoints Radio

  • Culture Crash: Why Everyone Should Watch “CONCLAVE”
  • Viewpoints Explained: Inside The Struggles Of Walgreens, CVS, And The Modern Drugstore
  • A Life In Chess: Susan Polgar’s Groundbreaking Journey
  • Separating Fact From Fiction: The Truth About Autism
  • Culture Crash: Why “Black Mirror” Is Unlike Anything Else On TV
  • Viewpoints Explained: Inside The Conclave: The Hidden Rules Of Electing A Pope
  • What Happened To Marriage?
  • The Polyester Trap: How Fashion Became Disposable
  • Culture Crash: 30 Years. 7 Movies. One Tom Cruise. Is “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” The Last Chapter?

Archives

↑

Stay up-to-date on the latest trends in public health, science, tech, research & more.

Enter your email address to get notifications & instant access to new Radio Health Journal segments as they are released.

Name
Email
Become an affiliate

Start airing Radio Health Journal on your platform to satisfy FCC OPIF requirements, including quarterly issues/programming reports.

Become an Affiliate

Connect

Interact with us by sharing comments, favorite segments, questions or even suggest a topic.

  • Facebook link
  • Twitter link
  • Instagram link
  • Pinterest link
  • Spotify link
  • YouTube channel link
  • rss feed link
  • contactemail

American Urban Radio Networks (AURN) logo

Listen

Archive

Broadcast

Guests

Podcast & Digital Outlets

Recently Aired

Taxonomies

Topics

Ways to Listen

Learn

About Us

Affiliates

Contact Info

FAQ

Our Team

Public Affairs & FCC Requirements

AURN.com

Sitemap

© Copyright 2024 – American Urban Radio Networks | All Rights Reserved

↑ Return to top

Radio Health Journal Newsletter SignupStay up-to-date on the latest trends in public health, science, tech, research & more.

Subscribe to get the latest from Radio Health Journal directly in your inbox.

Name
[email protected]