prescription drugs

Inflation is currently outpacing Social Security’s 5.9% cost-of-living adjustment for 2022. Medicare Part B premiums may take a bigger chunk of benefit checks.

Prescription drug plans are modified every year, meaning your premiums, deductibles and the cost of specific medicines could be changing.

The Medicare-related provisions are part of Democrats’ legislative plan to strengthen the social safety net.

If you’re among those in the 65-and-older crowd who struggle to pay their health care expenses, there may be a Medicare plan that could help lower the cost.

The inability to reach a consensus on the issue of prescription drug prices is just one of the hurtles in Biden’s Build Back Better plan, reports NBC 7’s Priya Sridhar

With the specifics of Medicare health plans changing from year to year, not checking to see if there’s a better option can be a costly mistake.

A bellwether trial is set to start Monday in federal court in Cleveland to determine whether retail pharmacy chains are liable for costs related to the opioid crisis in two Ohio counties

The DEA and its law enforcement partners have seized 9.5 million counterfeit pills so far this year, with fake tablets containing fentanyl making up the majority of that figure

Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending plan calls for reducing Medicare drug costs, which may involve letting the government negotiate pharmaceutical prices.

On Thursday, President Biden called on Congress to work to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices directly, among other measures.

The Biden administration is urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that could stand in the way of states like Florida allowing prescriptions drugs to be imported from Canada

NBC 7 Responds’ Consumer Bob says some San Diegans are being contacted about false claims that people need to send money for prescription drugs.

NBC 7 Responds says some San Diegans are being contacted about false claims that people need to send money for prescription drugs

Last year, 17-year-old Zach Didier of Rocklin, California, died when he took what he thought was a prescription pain pill he purchased from someone he met on Snapchat. The pill ended up being a counterfeit with a lethal amount of the powerful opioid fentanyl.

A Long Island doctor is facing murder charges after five patients allegedly died between 2016 and 2018 due to prescriptions he wrote. George Blatti, 75, was arraigned Thursday on five counts of murder in the second degree and 11 counts of reckless endangerment in the first degree. Blatti was remanded and is due back in court on March 30. If…

A big hurdle was cleared Monday in President Trump’s push to send $200 payment cards to Medicare beneficiaries to help with prescription drug costs.

The coronavirus pandemic has restricted cross-border travel. People looking for cheaper prescription drugs are still making the trip south. It’s all because of high drug prices in the United States.

In some cases, it’s cheaper for companies to fly their employees to San Diego so they can cross the border and buy their medication in Tijuana. NBC 7’s Consumer Bob explains.

President Donald Trump’s plan to mail millions of seniors a $200 prescription savings card has hit legal and budget roadblocks, making it unlikely the government can carry it out before Election Day

Delivery of mail-order prescription drugs was delayed significantly this summer after the new postmaster general ordered major changes in U.S. Postal Service operations.