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Podcast: This Week in Managed Care—International Pricing Index for Medicare and Other Health News

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

This week, the top managed care new included a proposal to allow Medicare to pay the same prices for certain drugs as what other countries pay; President Donald Trump signed a law to fight the opioid crisis; an FDA advisory panel voted narrowly to retain a 10-year-old guidance for safety trials for diabetes drugs.

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Trump Proposes Allowing Medicare to Base Drug Prices on What Other Countries Pay

Will Bipartisan US Opioid Law Go Far Enough to Save Lives?

Narrow Vote Calls for Keeping Drug Safety Trials, but Many See Changes

Survivors of Head and Neck Cancers Have an Elevated Risk for Suicide

Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Payer Exchange Summit 2018

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