Drug Prices
The West Wing stays late on GLP-1 coverage fights
American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · May 6, 2026
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Rachel Okonkwo
Rachel Okonkwo covers HHS, the FDA, drug prices and public-health decisions that spill across the border.
235 stories in the Washington archive
Recent work
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Canada’s stake in GLP-1 coverage fights just got larger
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Bill 2514 and the problem of cross-border drug runs
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Bill 2502 and the problem of cross-border drug runs
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The file
Drug Prices
Grand Rapids cannot look away from a vaccine-schedule fight
American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 27, 2026
Drug Prices
Allentown cannot look away from GLP-1 coverage fights
American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 26, 2026
Drug Prices
What 50 per cent in Toledo says about GLP-1 coverage fights
American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 25, 2026
Drug Prices
In Spokane, Medicare drug talks rewrites the map
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 24, 2026
Drug Prices
The unfinished week Washington politicizes a fentanyl precursor case
American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 23, 2026
Drug Prices
British Columbia’s ports confront GLP-1 coverage fights
American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 22, 2026
Drug Prices
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside a vaccine-schedule fight
American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 21, 2026
Drug Prices
Canada’s stake in an FDA nomination just got larger
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 20, 2026
Drug Prices
Canada’s stake in Medicare drug talks just got larger
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 19, 2026
Drug Prices
Medicare drug talks: the view from the West Wing
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 18, 2026
Drug Prices
Foggy Bottom stays late on GLP-1 coverage fights
American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 16, 2026
Drug Prices
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside an FDA nomination
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 15, 2026
Drug Prices
Bill 2322 and the problem of mental-health funding
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 14, 2026
Drug Prices
Mental-health funding: the view from the border
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 13, 2026
Drug Prices
What 45 per cent in Allentown says about mental-health funding
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 12, 2026
Drug Prices
In Des Moines, hospital staffing narrows the map
American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 11, 2026
Drug Prices
The overnight week Washington shortages Medicare drug talks
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 10, 2026
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