EpiPen maker lowers price after uproar

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 By Peter Sullivan - 08/25/16 08:49 AM EDT

The maker of EpiPens announced Thursday that it is reducing the price of the device following an uproar in Washington over the cost of the treatment for serious allergic reactions.

Mylan, the company that makes EpiPens, said it will provide a savings card worth up to $300 for people who had been paying the full out-of-pocket cost, effectively reducing the cost by 50 percent.

The company is also doubling the eligibility for its patient assistance program, which eliminates out-of-pocket costs for uninsured and underinsured people.

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http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/293273-epipen-maker-lowers-price-in-response-to-uproar

[Oceander]

Should have thought of that earlier, before you created momentum toward further price controls on medicine and health care.

[thackney]

But where the costs are funneled through the federal mandated insurance programs, the high price will remain?

And guess where some of that money goes?

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,222121.0.html

Further, the two networks and NBC have collectively neglected to reveal that Mylan Pharmaceuticals has partnered in the past for medical aid with the Clinton Foundation and given money as well to the scandal-ridden foundation.