Surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania used a pig liver outside a brain-dead human body to filter blood, taking a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure.
Pennsylvania residents who don’t have health insurance will have until this Friday, Jan. 19, to enroll in healthcare coverage through Pennie.
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Eli Lilly, Sanofi, and Novo Nordisk’s price cuts are expected to benefit many Pennsylvanians who need insulin to survive. The companies first announced the moves last year, as a response to an American Rescue Plan provision that threatened to penalize them if they kept prices high.
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Under a plan announced Thursday, the government would consider overriding the patent for high-priced drugs that have been developed with the help of taxpayer money and letting competitors make them in hopes of driving down the cost.
The provision, signed into law by President Biden, will significantly lower out-of-pocket drug costs for many of the over 2.3 million Pennsylvania seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D coverage.
Starting in 2026, the prices for these drugs will decrease for up to nine million seniors, thanks to a provision in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act that allows Medicare to negotiate the prices for these drugs directly with the manufacturers.
The law ensured that 76,000 Pennsylvanians were able to keep their health insurance, reduced the cost of insulin for over 80,000 seniors, and incentivized several manufacturers to invest in the state and create more clean energy jobs.
