Category Archives: In the News

19 Feb
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Washington state House considers bills to curb insulin prices

From the Seattle Times Washington House and Senate lawmakers have passed four major bills that could provide relief to residents paying exorbitant prices for prescription drugs, with a focus on insulin. Those bills — which would cap prices for the diabetes drug ...

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19 Feb
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State Senate passes three bills to curb prescription drug prices

From the Kent Reporter The state Senate passed three bills sponsored by Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines, that would rein in sharply rising prescription drug prices. “Prescription drug costs are out of control,” Keiser said in a Washington State Senate ...

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19 Feb
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Trio of Prescription Cost Bills Pass off Senate Floor

From the AP The Washington Senate on Tuesday passed three bills that aim to reign in the costs of prescription drugs. Two of the measures, all sponsored by Democratic Sen. Karen Keiser, address insulin costs, while the third addresses overall drug affordability.c

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19 Feb
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Patient supports $100 cap on insulin costs

From UW Medicine Newsroom Dana VanBuecken and her husband had to take a good long look at their budget this year. Given that Dana’s insulin costs the family $600 a month, could they afford to send their four-year-old son, Remy, ...

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18 Feb
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Washington, Idaho Legislatures Busy During Presidents’ Day Holiday

From Spokane Public Radio Both the Washington and Idaho legislatures were on duty during this federal Presidents’ Day holiday. In Olympia, Washington legislators used Presidents’ Day as an opportunity to approve a large number of bills. At least three focused on health ...

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14 Feb
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State Senate bill would extend window for pregnancy discrimination complaints

From the Kent Reporter A bill passed Thursday by the state Senate in Olympia with a broad bipartisan majority would extend the statute of limitations for filing a pregnancy discrimination complaint from six months to one year.

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05 Feb
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From Canadian imports to price caps, WA lawmakers seek ways to cut drug prices

From Crosscut  Liz Donehue was a 22-year-old college senior when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Although she was covered by state-provided health insurance, Donehue said she still had to go through the hassle of getting prior authorization from ...

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04 Feb
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Latest Allure for Mexico, Caymans Travelers: the Pharmacy

From Bloomberg Law A small but growing number of employers are finding they can save money on high-priced pharmaceuticals by flying their workers to Mexico, Canada, and the Cayman Islands to buy those same drugs at a fraction of the ...

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04 Feb
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Flavored E-Cigarettes Could Be Allowed in Washington Under New Proposal

From The Stranger Washington’s fans of e-cigarettes just got a flavorful hit of good news. After months of dealing with Gov. Jay Inslee’s ban on all flavored e-cigarettes, the local e-cigarette industry was bracing for lawmakers to make that flavor ban ...

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31 Jan
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Sports Betting Showdown In Washington State: Tribes Vs. Commercial Interests

From Sports Handle Karen Keiser, Chair of the Washington State Senate’s Labor and Commerce Committee graciously referred to Thursday’s hearing on legal sports betting as “robust.” She would have been just as right to say the battle lines have been drawn. On one ...

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