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Lawmakers prepare to probe PBMs in second hearing
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) indicated in a statement that the focus would be on issues like rebates and so-called “spread pricing,” which he said “benefit PBMs and have helped the three largest PBMs monopolize the…
Opinion: California can lead U.S. with public-option health insurance
California’s workers are facing a mounting healthcare affordability crisis. The cost of insurance for families has grown more than two and half times faster than wages have, putting healthcare out of reach for more and more people. This…
Health insurance rates are about to jump for thousands of WA residents
Health insurance premiums paid by more than 200,000 Washington residents will increase by nearly 10% next year.The state Office of the Insurance Commissioner has approved an average increase of 8.94% for 14…
Price controls worsen America’s drug shortage
Drug shortages are reaching near-record levels in the United States. There were 309 active drug shortages in the second quarter of this year—the most in nearly a decade and rising sharply over the last two years. Nearly a third of…
Federal court hears first oral arguments in legal battle over Medicare
The Southern District Court of Ohio on Friday heard oral arguments from the federal government and the Chamber of Commerce in the latter’s lawsuit challenging the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, with both sides rehashing…
Americans overwhelmingly support Medicare drug negotiations, but Biden sees
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is trumpeting Medicare’s new powers to negotiate directly with drugmakers on the cost of prescription medications — but a new poll shows that any immediate…
New Study: U.S. Health Care Supply Chain Resilience Demands Balanced Regulatory
Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Manufacturers released a new study outlining steps to improve health care supply chain resilience to allow manufacturers in the United States to better prepare for and adapt to…
Health care in the mix as inflation rises in August
© Tiko - stock.adobe.comHealth care prices generally were flat in August, but gasoline contributed to a 0.6% increase in inflation.Prices at the gas pumps accounted for more than half the monthly increase, which followed a July inflation…
Copay requirements paused for noncitizens on state health plan
SPRINGFIELD -- The state has paused a new policy requiring certain noncitizens enrolled in a Medicaid-like health insurance plan to pay copayments for certain services, instructing health care providers to refund any…
Independence Blue Cross spent the most lobbying PA lawmakers in 2022
Independence Blue Cross and a majority-owned Medicaid insurer led the state last year in Harrisburg lobbying expenditures, with combined spending of $3.3 million, according to a report by LittleSis, a nonprofit that describes itself as a…