GLG News by Medicare Experts

if you think we are immune to downturns let me know why Congress just overrule the Bush Veto. They did it because providers were screaming due to the failed government run healthcare system and the downturn in economics of simply being able to get Paid.

Looking at the author of this piece it is clearly a statement for government run Healthcare. The person has only Univeral Healthcare on his agenda run by the government and has not heeded advice from those of us provide in the system as it is today. If his agenda wins out my Statement that I close my...

It's intresting that nowhere in this article was the topic of true insurance for catastrophic illness brought up.  The problem with our current health insurance market is that for most it is pre-paid care, not insurance against a rare, but catastrophic, event. 

With the pipeline for new drugs running dry, it is no surprise that pharmaceutical companies are looking to expand indications for existing products still under patent protection.  What better way to do this than by creating entirely new patient populations out of whole cloth?

State Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas’ editorial argues California needs its own pharmaceutical supply chain security laws because the Federal government has failed to implement the Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA). However, it does not necessarily follow that every individual state pharmacy board...

CMS (and several large insurers) refusing to pay for "Never Events" will further challenge cash strapped hospitals, and poses increased pressure to increase prices as hospitals attempt to cost-shift to the commercial carriers.  Not paying for alleged hospital mistakes will garner stronger administrative...

A new report from Accenture attempts to assess the financial costs of implementing a serialized track-and-trace system for the U.S. pharmacy supply chain. But even if we assume that Accenture did a credible and impartial job building their pharmacy cost models, the estimates in this report reflect an...

Perpetual also-ran Rite-Aid (RAD) reported another quarter of weak results. When Rite-Aid Brooks/Eckerd came together in August 2006, the deal seemed to make sense given the marketplace dynamics although none of the companies were as well run as CVS or Walgreens. However, the company’s ongoing struggles...

Walgreens (WAG) has begun touting its Walgreens Prescription Savings Club, which offers a 3-month supply of over 400 generics for $12.99 (plus an annual membership fee). Walgreens latest move suggests that the low-priced generic wave is having a bigger effect that many people (including me) expected....

Baby boomers are rapidly aging. According to Census Bureau by 2010 there will be 77 million people aged 55 and older; a number which will grow to a whopping 98 million by 2020. This aging population, living longer with chronic illnesses and more demanding of cafeteria-type service will drive the demand...