costs

Bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costs, giving diabetes advocates hope

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Insulin supplies are pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City,

NEW YORK (AP) — Two-year-old Bain Brandon has type 1 diabetes and needs insulin to survive. However, even with health insurance, the price is not cheap. Mother Marley Brandon, 29, said it cost her parents $194 last week to buy a month’s supply of insulin vials and a three-month supply of back-up pens for her … Read more

Insiders investigate the cause of Massachusetts’ health care costs – The Boston Globe

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An emergency sign at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston in 2024.

“We’re seeing a shift to more expensive prescription drugs, a shift to more expensive imaging modalities, and a shift to more expensive treatment settings for routine screening colonoscopies,” Auerbach said. “We’ve been reporting on rising rates of caesarean sections in low-risk births, and finally, some very expensive surgeries are increasing rapidly.” The average cost for … Read more