5+ hour, 5+ min ago   (136+ words) Feb 9 (Reuters) " The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday proposed "regulations to crack down on fraud and misleading practices by health insurance agents and brokers to lower healthcare "costs. The 2027 Payment Notice "sets standards for health insurance issuers, brokers…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (147+ words) TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Shares of Japanese pharmaceutical companies "slumped in early Tokyo trading on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump's website "offering discounted prescription "medicines went live. Sumitomo Pharma sank 4.5%, while Roche af... TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) " Shares of Japanese pharmaceutical companies…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (294+ words) Jan 29 (Reuters) " More than a million fewer Americans have signed up for Obamacare plans for 2026, with enrollment dropping to about 23 million as monthly "premiums for many soared due to the expiration of extra COVID-19 pandemic health insurance subsidies. Total premium…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (968+ words) New federal law will restrict a key revenue stream used to pay state's share of Medicaid costs SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) " A multibillion-dollar budget crisis will hit the state's Medicaid program in the next few years unless state lawmakers and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (674+ words) NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) " Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 350 branded medications including vaccines against COVID, RSV and shingles and blockbuster cancer treatment Ibrance, even as the Trump administration pressures them for cuts, according to data provided exclusively…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (311+ words) WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) " Enrollment for health insurance under the U.S. Affordable Care Act dipped to 15.6 million for 2026, Mehmet Oz, the U.S. Centers "for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, said on Tuesday, from roughly 16 million last year. The drop comes as federal subsidies,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (295+ words) LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) " Hedge funds last week sold more U.S. healthcare stocks than they bought for the first time in 14 weeks, Goldman "Sachs said in a note on Friday, as expiring subsidies leave lawmakers scrambling to curb costs. About 24 million Americans…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (406+ words) ZURICH, Dec 20 (Reuters) " Deals between pharmaceutical companies and Washington to reduce prices for medicines in the United States will likely push up the cost of new drugs in Switzerland, the CEO of Swiss pharma "giant Roche was quoted as saying…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (282+ words) NEW YORK, Dec 19 (Reuters) " UnitedHealth said on Friday that audits by outside consulting firms of its health services and pharmacy benefit units would result in operational changes including "more automation and increased standardization of internal processes. UnitedHealth Group Inc CEO…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (252+ words) ZURICH, Dec 18 (Reuters) " Swiss pharma giants Novartis and Roche on Thursday backed U.S. efforts to lower the cost of drugs and "are working with the Trump administration towards that goal following a report they are close to a pricing deal. U.S. President…...