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...
HMI Supports Use of Beta-Amyloid Antibodies For Early Alzheimer’s Disease
Healthy Men Inc. supports access to important innovative biopharmaceutical products in ways that fully take into account for the impact these products have not only on patients but also on their caregivers, families, and society at large. While every situation...