Health Policy

A new study by USC researchers explains why kids aren’t getting a cheap, effective treatment for diarrhea.

Elyn Saks is a renowned legal scholar and a skilled educator. She’s also a fierce advocate for mental health who evaded a dire prognosis after being diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 28.

Researchers looked at a cancer therapy drug and found biosimilars bring competition to the market, with prices declining by more than half for some versions.

Some states cap the number of ounces or grams consumers are allowed to buy — but even a little cannabis can amount to a lot of THC, said Rosalie Liccardo Pacula of the USC Price School of Public Policy.

Researchers propose three strategies for mitigating negative impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act to ensure greater patient access, increased innovation and lower costs.

A section of the bill cites the inability to attend “to necessary personal or medical care” and “to self-protection or personal safety” as evidence of grave disability. But Elyn Saks of the USC Gould School of Law asks, “What constitutes personal care? And how do we distinguish mental illness from eccentricity or neurodiversity? Who makes that determination?”

Erin Trish testified about pharmacy benefit managers before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

The USC team’s study showed that an informational letter from the county medical examiner reduced the number of opioid prescriptions clinicians wrote.

Health experts see abortion as a public health issue — but in politics, it’s a campaign issue and this is a critical election year.

Growing evidence suggests that U.S. consumers overpay for generics by as much as 20% while pharmacy benefit managers pad profits, a USC Schaeffer Center white paper finds.