JHDAAI in the Media
Both the work and the people associated with JHDAAI make frequent appearances in the media. We are always glad to contribute to public discourse on the topic of drug pricing. For media inquiries, please contact us.
2024
The National News Desk | December 13, 2024
Lawmakers seek to break up drug middlemen in push to reduce medication costs
Ge Bai is quoted.
Investopia | December 12, 2024
What Project 2025's Potential Medicare Changes Mean for You
Gerard Anderson is quoted.
Boston Globe | December 10, 2024
Cancellation of kids’ asthma medication continues to cause turmoil for Mass. families
Jeromie Ballreich is quoted.
Reuters | December 3, 2024
Biden proposes expanded Medicare, Medicaid coverage of obesity drugs
Ge Bai is quoted.
WYPR Public Radio (Baltimore) | December 2, 2024
Three Walgreens locations shutter in Baltimore
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Health | December 2, 2024
Biden Says Medicare, Medicaid Should Cover Obesity Drugs—What Could That Mean for Access?
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Health Affairs | November 27, 2024
Reforming HSAs To Expand Gig Workers’ Access To Affordable Health Care
Ge Bai co-wrote the piece.
Forbes | November 26, 2024
Trump Promised To Make Your Medicines Cheaper. His Tariffs Will Make Them More Expensive
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Bloomberg News | October 29, 2024
Opinion: IV Shortage After Hurricane Helene Reveals a Bigger Problem
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Maryland Matters | October 23, 2024
Opinion: Cost cannot be ignored by drug board – just ask the patients who can’t afford prescriptions
Gerard Anderson wrote the piece.
CNBC | October 21, 2024
Drug costs, abortion, Obamacare: How Trump and Harris could change U.S. health care
Mariana Socal is quoted.
KYW News Radio (Philadelphia) | October 21, 2024
Why is there a shortage of cancer drugs for kids?
Mariana Socal is quoted.
NBC News | October 14, 2024
Trump or Harris? Here are the 2024 stakes for airlines, banks, EVs, health care and more
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Barron’s | October 14, 2024
Confidential Files Detail PBMs’ Backroom Negotiations—and Their Role in the Opioid Crisis
Caleb Alexander is quoted.
Maryland Matters | October 14, 2024
Md. hospitals, health officials brace for ‘difficult’ decisions amid IV fluid shortage
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Fortune Well | September 27, 2024
What is Medicare tax and and who pays it? Experts explain
Ge Bai is quoted.
Enterprise Record (Mocksville, NC) | September 17, 2024
Opinion: I want a pill to make me feel like those people on TV ads
Gerard Anderson is quoted.
BNN Bloomberg | September 13, 2024
Ozempic Is Selling So Well an Insurer Wants $1 Million in Payments Back
Ge Bai is quoted.
NBC News | September 12, 2024
After years of threats, Trump still doesn't have a plan to replace Obamacare
Gerard Anderson is quoted.
KFF Health News | September 9, 2024
With TV Drug Ads, What You See Is Not Necessarily What You Get
Gerard Anderson is quoted.
Reuters | September 3, 2024
U.S. will still pay at least twice as much after negotiating drug prices
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Medscape | September 3, 2024
'Egregious' Ustekinumab Part D Price Jump Shows Need for IRA, Experts Say
Mariana Socal is quoted.
The Boston Globe | August 30, 2024
Ozempic and Wegovy cut risk of severe COVID in people with obesity, says Harvard study
Joseph Levy is quoted.
STAT | August 30, 2024
Opinion: Health care price regulation is undemocratic
Ge Bai wrote the piece.
The New York Times | August 30, 2024
The State That Chose to Cover Obesity Drugs for Its Poor, but Not Its Own Employees
Research by Joseph Levy is mentioned.
BBC | August 22, 2024
The latest on the mpox public health emergency, and how drugs get their names
Caleb Alexander is interviewed.
Healthcare Innovation | August 21, 2024
Researchers: Medicare Coverage of Weight-Loss Drugs Could Dramatically Increase Costs
Joseph Levy is quoted.
STAT | August 12, 2024
Opinion: Some ‘inconvenient’ truths about pharmacy benefit managers
Ge Bai co-wrote the piece.
Fortune | August 7, 2024
5 ways a Harris-Walz win could reshape U.S. health care
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Healthcare Brew | July 29, 2025
New Alzheimer’s drugs expected to strain Medicare’s budget, potentially raising premiums
Mariana Socal is quoted.
WYPR Public Radio (Baltimore) | July 18, 2024
Drug costs are hammering Maryland. This board is trying to change that.
Gerard Anderson is interviewed.
Marketplace | July 12, 2024
Why the FTC is looking at pharmacy benefit managers and their role in drug pricing
Ge Bai is interviewed.
Bloomberg Law | June 11, 2024
State Drug Pricing Boards Forge Ahead With Eyes on Amgen Suit
Gerard Anderson is quoted.
Real Clear Policy | May 29, 2024
Insulin Cap Talk Ignores Market-Based Success Story
Joseph Levy is quoted.
Washington Times | April 8, 2024
Study links pandemic supply chain issues to drug shortage
Mariana Socal, Josh Sharfstein, and Amesh Adalja are quoted.
KFF Health News/Politifact | April 5, 2024
Biden Is Right About $35 Insulin Cap but Exaggerates Prior Costs for Medicare Enrollees
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Bloomberg Law | April 3, 2024
Sanders’ Pressure on Novo Nordisk Fuels Ozempic Pricing Debate
Gerard Anderson is quoted.
Healthline | April 2, 2024
How Affordable Could Generic Ozempic Be? As Low as $5 a Month, Study Finds
Mariana Socal is quoted.
PolitiFact | April 2, 2024
Biden is right about $35 insulin cap, but exaggerates prior costs for Medicare enrollees
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Healthnews | March 29, 2024
We Live in the Economy of Ozempic
Ge Bai is quoted.
Health Affairs | March 27, 2024
Federal Legislation And State Policy Efforts Promote Access To And Use of Discounted Cash Prices
Ge Bai co-wrote the piece.
Oprah Daily | March 15, 2024
Why Are the Weight-Loss Drugs So Freaking Expensive?
Joseph Levy is quoted.
Bloomberg Businessweek | February 23, 2024
Florida Gets Meds from Canada
Mariana Socal is interviewed.
Voice of America | February 16, 2024
Patients Wait for Life-Saving Medications
Jeromie Ballreich is quoted.
C-SPAN Washington Journal | February 15, 2024
Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs
Gerard Anderson is the guest.
ABC News | February 7, 2024
Drug shortage can put patients' lives at risk, experts warn
Jeromie Ballreich is quoted.
The Hill | February 7, 2024
Foreign suppliers add pressure to U.S. pharmaceutical supply shortages: Lawmakers
Jeromie Ballreich is quoted.
Vox | February 6, 2024
Is your medication out of stock? Here’s how to get it anyway.
Mariana Socal is quoted.
AARP | January 8, 2024
Are COVID Treatments Still Free?
Mariana Socal is quoted.
WHIO-TV (Dayton, OH) | January 25, 2024
‘Unaffordable;’ Research shows most Americans can’t afford prescription drugs
Mariana Socal is interviewed.
USA Today | January 21, 2024
Looking for a deal on that expensive prescription drug? We've got you covered.
Mariana Socal is quoted.
The Washington Post | January 11, 2024
FDA reports no link between weight-loss drugs and suicidal thoughts
Thomas Moore is quoted.
2023
Fortune | October 28, 2023
U.S. cancer patients face nationwide shortages of life-saving chemo drugs as “race to the bottom” makes their production unprofitable
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Bloomberg Law | October 26, 2023
Insulin costs remain top target beyond Biden’s drug price cuts
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Washington Post | October 22, 2023
Drugstore closures are leaving millions without easy access to a pharmacy
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Market Watch | October 21, 2023
Middlemen pocket 70% of Medicare spending on widely used generic drugs, study finds
Ge Bai is quoted.
WYPR – 88.1 FM Baltimore | October 20, 2023
Two Rite Aid locations closing in Baltimore, restricting pharmacy access
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Politico | October 20, 2023
Nine neurological disorder drugs have received accelerated approval since 2016; only two approved prior to 2016
Caleb Alexander is quoted.
The New York Times | October 20, 2023
Ozempic and Wegovy don’t cost what you think they do
Joseph Levy is mentioned.
Bloomberg Law | October 17, 2023
State drug pricing boards tee up new front in pharma legal fight
Gerard Anderson is quoted.
Reuters | October 12, 2023
Wegovy, other weight-loss drugs scrutinized over reports of suicidal thoughts
Thomas Moore is quoted.
Healthline | October 3, 2023
Drugmakers agree to Medicare price cuts for 10 common prescriptions
Jeromie Ballreich is quoted.
The Hill | September 16, 2023
Price controls worsen America’s drug shortage
Ge Bai co-wrote this article.
NPR | September 10, 2023
A year on, the national shortage of Adderall persists
Mariana Socal is featured.
Stat News | September 8, 2023
How the drug price negotiation program could affect Medicare Part D beneficiaries
Mariana Socal is the author.
MarketWatch | September 2, 2023
As Medicare drug-price negotiations inch forward, some states are flexing new powers to cut costs for a broader swath of drugs
Gerard Anderson is quoted.
Stat | September 1, 2023
The curious case of J&J’s Stelara, the unluckiest drug on Medicare’s list
Jeromie Ballreich is quoted.
Stat | August 31, 2023
As pharmaceutical companies bemoan Medicare’s drug negotiations, hospitals and doctors stay mum
Gerard Anderson is quoted.
NPR | August 30, 2023
The Biden administration unveils the first 10 medications up for price negotiation
Mariana Socal is featured.
The Baltimore Banner | August 30, 2023
Medicare can now negotiate drug prices. How will this affect costs?
Gerard Anderson is quoted.
USA Today | August 29, 2023
Widely used diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune drugs for Medicare price negotiation
Mariana Socal is quoted.
CBS News | August 29, 2023
Medicare to start negotiating prices for 10 drugs. Here are the medications.
Mariana Socal is quoted.
Nature World News | July 26, 2023
Tornado rips Pfizer plant that provides 25% injectable drugs in US, shortage of medicine likely
Mariana Socal is quoted.
New Yorker | June 19, 2023
When dying patients want unproven drugs
Caleb Alexander is quoted.
The Baltimore Banner | June 7, 2023
Why can’t I get my antibiotic or cancer drugs? Hopkins experts outline the shortages and the remedies
Mariana Socal and Josh Sharfstein are quoted.
Neural Science | May 2, 2023
Be cautious of off-label use of stimulants with other drugs
Tom Moore is quoted.
Healio / Primary Care/Pharmacology | May 1, 2023
Almost 50% of adults taking schedule II stimulants also use other psychiatric drugs
Tom Moore is quoted.
Undark | April 12, 2023
Will new FDA rules help dial back expedited drugs?
Josh Sharfstein is quoted.
MarketPlace | March 31, 2023
Why do pharmaceutical companies give away some expensive drugs for free?
Gerard Anderson is quoted.
New York Times Health | March 24, 2023
California’s plan for cheaper insulin collides with big pharma’s price cuts
Mariana Socal is quoted.
The Washington Post Health | March 24, 2023
Their child’s obesity drug was working. Then their plan refused to pay.
Gerard Anderson is quoted.
Health.com | March 7, 2023
Insulin prices: Eli Lilly cuts costs, but more needs to be done for access, affordability
Jeromie Ballreich is quoted.
Medical Xpress | February 7, 2023
Spending on consumer advertising for top-selling prescription drugs in US favors those with low added benefit
Michael DiStefano, Gerard Anderson, Jenny Markell, Caroline Doherty and Caleb Alexander are featured.
Stat News | January 26, 2023
A dangerous loophole for drug ads needs to be closed
Tom Moore and Caleb Alexander are the authors.
The New York Times Opinion| January 18, 2023
Why kids’ medication shortages aren’t going away
Mariana Socal is quoted.