The U.S. spends more on healthcare than any other nation, but that doesn’t mean it overspends on medicine.   According to the new IQVIA  Drug Expenditure Dynamics 2000 - 2022  report, 15% of America’s overall healthcare spending is allocated to drug expenditures. That percentage was also the average among the 12 developed countries IQVIA studied.   This means the U.S., when accounting for its overall healthcare spending, is not an outlier in how much it spends on drugs. By co

Nov. 12, 2025 (WASHINGTON, D.C.)  The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) released the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) announcement of a new demonstration through the CMS Innovation Center, the GENErating cost Reductions fOr US Medicaid (GENEROUS) Model: “Given PFCD’s well-documented opposition to importing foreign price controls, we have strong concerns about CMS’s proposed GENEROUS Model, which would tie Medica

Medicare Open Enrollment starts this week and changes coming in 2026 warrant close consideration. Many will face fewer choices and higher costs, particularly for people who rely on traditional Medicare and purchase stand-alone prescription drug plans. Slightly less than half of Medicare’s 63 million beneficiaries enroll in traditional or fee-for-service Medicare (Parts A and B) compared to Medicare Advantage plans (Part C). Among rural beneficiaries, traditional Medicare is p

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Sept. 11, 2025 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) has released the following statement in response to the...