Prescription Drugs

A Burlington County man who used his position at a medical practice to provide people with scripts to get unauthorized prescription pills, has plead guilty in court.

In a State of the State that was mostly a four-year retrospective, Murphy called for tackling prescription drug affordability and gun measures this year.

Health care-related changes in the bill pending in Congress include negotiating some drug prices in Medicare to capping out-of-pocket costs.

Price caps, drug importations and other options would be studied by a Prescription Drug Affordability Board under consideration in the Legislature.

An FDU Poll commissioned by AARP finds nearly 90% of residents over 50 support a proposal to let Medicare negotiate for lower prescription prices.

President Joe Biden's health secretary Xavier Becerra, joined Rep. Frank Pallone for events in New Brunswick on Monday.

Lawmakers have begun advancing a plan offered by Gov. Phil Murphy in the proposed budget to expand income eligibility by $10,000 for PAAD and Senior Gold.

You can call it the Affordable Care Act 2.0 as the new legislation, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Ehancement Act, is aimed at providing financial relief for residents by lowering the costs of health care and prescription drugs.

The New Jersey Assembly has approved legislation prohibiting prescription plans from charging copay's in excess of the cash price of medications.