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Fraudsters hit exchanges amid Medicare Advantage crackdown
Rising health insurance exhange enrollment, paired with stricter Medicare marketing rules, attracted rogue actors to the ...
Across Healthcare System, Stakeholders Share Responsibility For High Costs
Across healthcare system, stakeholders share blame for high costs. This includes hospitals, drugmakers, insurers and others ...
California Democrats clash over how to rein in drug industry middlemen
A bill that would subject pharmacy benefit managers to licensing by the state Department of Insurance faces a hurdle: Gov.
What to know about the 22-year-old Wisconsin man who died after his inhaler price spiked to $539
Diagnosed with asthma as a baby, Cole Schmidtknecht took the inhaler daily as a preventive medication since he was about 13, ...
CVS Health Stock Is Relatively Cheap, Analyst Highlights Cost Trend Pressure Ahead Of Q4 Earnings
Pharmacy retailer CVS Health Inc. (NYSE:CVS) is scheduled to report its fourth quarter 2024 earnings on Wednesday,2. Wall ...
Man dies of asthma attack after inhaler cost skyrockets to more than $500
United Health Group’s pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, stopped covering Cole Schmidtknecht’s ‘life-changing’ inhaler, suit ...
A 22-year-old from Appleton died after his inhaler price skyrocketed. His parents are suing.
The parents of Cole Schmidtknecht are suing Walgreens and OptumRx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, over the 22-year-old ...
CVS shares pop 15% on big earnings beat, even as high medical costs drag down insurance unit
It caps off the first full quarter with David Joyner, a longtime CVS executive, as CEO of the troubled retail drugstore chain ...
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Trump's Regulatory Reset Will Make Healthcare Markets Great Again
You may not live in rural America, but 55.9 million (16.7% of our total population in 2023) of us do. Unfortunately, when it ...
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Top California Democrats Clash Over How To Rein In Drug Industry Middlemen
Frustrated by spiraling drug costs, California lawmakers want to increase oversight of pharmaceutical industry intermediaries ...
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UnitedHealth Group and Optum in the Spotlight: A Roundup of Recent Developments
These developments underscore a tumultuous period for UnitedHealth Group and Optum, as they navigate cybersecurity threats, ...
California bill targets drug industry middlemen, setting stage for fight over health costs
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators in Sacramento seem to agree: Prescription drug prices are too high. But lawmakers and the second-term governor are at odds over what to do about it, ...