The ongoing 340B Drug Pricing Program debate continues as the Arizona-based Goldwater Institute weighs in this week with a study on the relationships 340B hospitals hold with out-of-state pharmacies.
The conservative think tank opposed Medicaid expansion in Arizona when then-Governor Jan Brewer authorized it in 2014, but the new study...Arizona News
Hospitals say getting paid for previously uninsured folks has saved them from potential closure. The Goldwater Institute says hospitals are raking in the dough by also raising rates on the commercial side.The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA) publishes a report that tracks uncompensated care trends for Arizona...National News
The legislation allows terminally ill patients access to experimental drugs.
President Trump is expected to sign the bill that has divided advocates.
Advocates for the bill say it will make it easier for patients to get access to experimental drugs that have completed the first phase of clinical trials and are in the midst of...News
Plaintiff Goldwater Institute said the money the legislature used to fund the expanded Medicaid program was actually a tax and should have received a two-thirds vote that the state constitution requires of all revenue-raising measures.
The Phoenix Business Journal quotes Greg Vigdor, president and CEO of the Arizona Hospital and...Arizona News
At issue is how dying people can get access to unapproved medicines.
The FDA permitted two people infected with the Ebola virus to be administered ZMapp, even though the drug had not been approved for human testing. The Goldwater Institute goes to court Tuesday, Oct. 10, trying to force the FDA to reveal details on how dying people...Arizona News
The question is whether the levy funding expanded Medicaid program is a "tax" or an "assessment".
Governor Ducey's administration is asking the high court to reject arguments brought by the Goldwater Institute asserting that taxes can be enacted only with a two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate, which did not happen in this...