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NJ overdose deaths peaked in 2020 [8] influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] In 2020, the overdose death rate was 32.1 per 100,000 statewide but varies widely by county. [10] There were 40,893 admissions to NJ heroin abuse treatment programs in 2019, dropping to 33,030 in 2020. Admissions have not reached 2019 levels as of 2021. [11]
From 2022 to 2023 the average increase of drug prices in the U.S. was 15.2%, higher than the inflation rate, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Photo illustration by ...
In 2020, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, all medical personnel were required to prescribe the opioid antagonist naloxone to individuals ingesting higher doses of opioids or those combining opioids with benzodiazepines, such as Xanax, an anti-anxiety medication. This regulation, already in ...
Four reasons Medicare drug-price "negotiation" isn't truly a negotiation. For 2024, New Jersey seniors had access to about 20 standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans, plus dozens more ...
Minimum wage increase in NJ Starting on Jan. 1, 2024, minimum wage will increase by $1 bringing it up to $15.13 per hour for most employees. Additionally, wages will increase for:
The price of an existing patented drug cannot increase by more than the Consumer Price Index (CPI) The price of a new drug (in most cases) is limited so that the cost of therapy with the new drug is in the range of the costs of therapy with existing drugs in the same therapeutic class. The price of a breakthrough drug is limited to the median ...
That seasonal price impact could add another 30 cents per gallon, putting the total increase in gasoline prices at $1 per gallon if the tariffs remain in place at the onset of spring, Fitzgerald said.
The new drug will carry a list price of $15.50 per pill, making it many times more expensive than comparable opioids, which are often available as generics for $1 or less.