Trump’s prescription to reduce drug prices takes small steps
President Donald Trump’s long-promised plan to bring down drug prices would mostly spare the pharmaceutical industry he previously accused of “getting away with murder.” Instead he focuses on private competition and more openness to reduce America’s prescription pain.
States look to lower drug costs, consider Canadian imports
Lawmakers in more than two-thirds of the states are considering ways to reduce prescription drug costs, including importing them from Canada, as they strive to balance budgets without knowing for sure what their government’s share of the tab will be.
Gov’t says colder weather will boost winter heating bills
Expect to pay more to heat your home this winter than you spent last year.
Poll: People unsure about ability to pay for long-term care
Demand for long-term care is expected to increase as the nation ages, but the majority of Americans 40 and older lack confidence in their ability to pay for it.
Costs of celebrity college commencement speakers can add up
When colleges pick their graduation speakers, many strive to put a celebrity behind the podium.
Study: Costs for most long-term care keep climbing
Long-term care grew more expensive again this year, with the cost of the priciest option, a private nursing home room, edging closer to $100,000 annually, according to a survey from Genworth Financial.
Drug exec takes the Fifth on Capitol Hill, angers lawmakers
Infuriating members of Congress, a smirking Martin Shkreli took the Fifth at a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday when asked about his jacking up of drug prices, then promptly went on Twitter and insulted his questioners as “imbeciles.”
Documents detail price hike decisions by Turing, Valeant
Federal lawmakers have released excerpts from thousands of documents detailing how two drugmakers hiked prices to squeeze more money from some life-saving medicines, a practice that has sparked public outrage.
Exec who jacked up price of a lifesaving drug arrested
A boyish-looking entrepreneur who became the new face of corporate greed when he jacked up the price of a lifesaving drug fiftyfold was led away in handcuffs by the FBI on unrelated fraud charges Thursday in a scene that left more than a few Americans positively gleeful.
Study: Skin care drug prices up 401 percent since 2009
The cost of prescription skin treatments has skyrocketed since 2009, as the burden of escalating drug prices increasingly weighs on family budgets.
For police body cameras, big costs loom in storing footage
The rush to outfit police officers with body cameras after last summer’s unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, threatens to saddle local governments with steep costs for managing the volumes of footage they must keep for months or even years.
Mississippi legislators OK final version of criminal justice bill
Legislation to make Mississippi’s criminal justice system more efficient and less expensive won final approval Thursday from state lawmakers.
Criminal justice bill almost ready to go to gov
A bill that supporters say could make Mississippi’s criminal justice system more efficient and cut prison costs by hundreds of millions of dollars is one step from going to Gov. Phil Bryant.
Miss. Senate OKs version of criminal justice bill
The Mississippi Senate on Thursday advanced a bill that supporters say is designed to make the criminal justice system more efficient and less expensive.
Miss. House approves criminal justice changes
Mississippi legislators are advancing proposals designed to trim $266 million from the prison budget over the coming decade.
College Board gives the OK for five schools to raise tuition
JACKSON — Tuition is going up at five of Mississippi’s eight public universities. The College Board gave final approval to tuition plans for the next
Gov’t reaches agreement to allow airline merger
DALLAS — American Airlines and US Airways reached a deal with the government that lets the two form the world’s biggest airline and opens up
Mississippi drug courts growing but short on money
JACKSON — Mississippi drug courts are handling a growing number of cases, and officials say they help people improve their lives through treatment and accountability
Department of Corrections costs mounting
JACKSON — Unless something changes, members of a state task force were told the $361 million taxpayers are spending this year on prisons is projected
Nation’s bloated nuclear spending comes under fire
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — At Los Alamos National Laboratory, a seven-year, $213 million upgrade to the security system that protects the lab’s most sensitive nuclear