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Navigating the System: How Medicare Advantage is Uniquely Positioned to Support Men of Color with Chronic Conditions
Addressing Health Disparities In the United States, men consistently experience worse health outcomes than women.[i] Compared to women, men have shorter life expectancies (almost 6 years shorter than women’s in 2022), and are burdened by a higher rates of chronic...
The Wrong Prescription at the Wrong Time: How Current US Federal Prescription Negotiation Strategies Will Limit Access to Needed Medications and Chill Innovation
Healthy Men, Inc. (HMI)—along with most Americans—wants to ensure access to safe, affordable, and effective, medications. Many possible approaches to achieving this goal have been suggested, including those currently in place with the Biden Administration. HMI’s...
Addressing the Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) Systems to Improve Patient Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs
Prescription Drug Concessions and Rebates: Keeping the Focus on the Patient Medications are one of the most cost-effective ways to manage illness, which is why over 70% of medical visits result in a prescription. It’s also why it’s so important in ensuring that our...
Why We Need an Office of Men’s Health—Now!
Dear Healthy Men: More than a year ago, I read a column of yours that mentioned that while there are several Offices of Women’s Health in the federal government, there isn’t a corresponding Office of Men’s Health. Is that still true? And if not, why not? A: The answer...
Vaccine Access: How Race, Sex, and Class Impact Health Equity in the Pandemic Age
Pandemics have a way of shining a harsh light on inequities in our society. In recent years, we’ve seen global outbreaks that required rapid vaccine dissemination. But those vaccines often reach some communities more slowly than others—the same ones that are struck...