Why now might be the best time to buy a new vehicle By Mike Moffitt, SFGATE Published 12:51 pm PDT, Friday, July 13, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: … [Read more...] about How much the price of your favorite car could rise under Trump’s tariffs
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Hyundai’s 2018 Ioniq Hybrid has starting price of $22,200
By G. Chambers Williams III, AUTOS CORRESPONDENT Published 12:00 am, Sunday, July 1, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-4', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 4', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Image 1of/4 CaptionClose Image 1 of 4 With the Ioniq Plug-In Hybrid’s range of more than 29 miles on a full charge, Hyundai said owners who have short daily commutes might not need to buy gasoline very often. The gasoline engine kicks in when the battery gets low, or the driver switches to Sport driving mode. less With the Ioniq Plug-In Hybrid’s range of more than 29 miles on a full charge, Hyundai said owners who have short daily commutes might not need to buy gasoline very often. The gasoline engine kicks in when the ... more Image 2 of 4 Outside, the Ioniq Hybrid has two glass panels in the rear liftgate — … [Read more...] about Hyundai’s 2018 Ioniq Hybrid has starting price of $22,200
Price Check On Drug Ads: Would Revealing Costs Help Patients Control Spending?
President Donald Trump wants to control spending on drugs. One of his big ideas: include prices in advertisements, just like warnings about side effects. That’s not as simple as it sounds. Apart from legal questions about whether the Food and Drug Administration has the authority to require pricing in ads, other uncertainties arise. For example, what is the right number to use? There is a dizzying array of ways to look at drug prices, including average wholesale and average sales prices. And dosage factors in. Would the price be pegged to a monthly cost? A per-dose cost? Or, even more inscrutable, a “unit cost,” which may not equal a single dose? A final complication: The prices likely would not be what most consumers actually pay. Most patients with insurance typically shell out either a flat-dollar copayment or a percentage of the drug’s cost. Some patients get coupons that can reduce their cost to zero. An FDA working group is currently studying these … [Read more...] about Price Check On Drug Ads: Would Revealing Costs Help Patients Control Spending?
The Simple, Obvious, Time Tested Way to Reduce Drug Costs
I give the President great credit for shining his spotlight on the ridiculous place the U.S. finds itself over drug prices. They are way too high, the private market has proven incapable of dealing with it––PBMs have only made the drug market more opaque, and the biggest drug purchaser in the world, the U.S. government, has been politically unwilling to deal with it. All while other industrialized countries have nowhere near the problem. What is even more frustrating is to see an easy solution that has worked for years in these other industrialized countries that, rather than being a single-payer government-run solution, is as American-style free market as it could be. Would any major U.S. corporation spend loads of money on procurement without first going out to bid on both price and performance? Would the Pentagon buy a new ship or aircraft system without going out to bid on both price and capability? Would the U.S. General Services Administration put up a new … [Read more...] about The Simple, Obvious, Time Tested Way to Reduce Drug Costs
Benefit Change Could Raise Costs For Patients Getting Drug Copay Assistance
Since Kristen Catton started taking the drug Gilenya two years ago, she’s had only one minor relapse of her multiple sclerosis, following a bout of the flu. She can walk comfortably, see clearly and work part time as a nurse case manager at a hospital near her home in Columbus, Ohio. This is a big step forward; two drugs she previously tried failed to control her physical symptoms or prevent repeated flare-ups. This year, Catton, 48, got a shock. Her health insurance plan changed the way it handles the payments that the drugmaker Novartis makes to help cover her prescription’s cost. Her copayment is roughly $3,800 a month, but Novartis helps reduce that out-of-pocket expense with payments to the health plan. The prescription costs about $90,000 a year. Those Novartis payments no longer counted toward her family plan’s $8,800 annual pharmacy deductible. That meant once she hit the drugmaker’s payment cap for the copay assistance in April, she would have to pay … [Read more...] about Benefit Change Could Raise Costs For Patients Getting Drug Copay Assistance