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The gifts from pharma companies that keep on giving
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (218+ words) Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for more than three decades. His stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation and legislation. He is…...
Pharmalittle: We're reading about a GSK shingles shot, U.S. employers dropping GLP-1 coverage, and more
2+ week, 4+ day ago (352+ words) Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for more than three decades. His stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation and legislation. He is…...
Public-sector purgatory, and a union-hospital fight
2+ week, 6+ day ago (201+ words) Bob Herman covers the money in health care, focusing on health insurance and hospitals. His stories delve into Medicare Advantage, opaque prescription drug benefits, and how much executives actually make. He was named a Pulitzer co-finalist in 2024 for the series…...
How health care costs are undermining America’s public-sector employers
3+ week, 5+ day ago (227+ words) Herman interviewed more than a dozen state and local government leaders, health policy experts, and industry executives for this story, part of STAT’s Out of Pocket, Out of Reach series. He also reviewed government meetings, contracts, health plan documents, and…...
How should states reach out to Medicaid enrollees affected by changes? Our research gives a hint
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (530+ words) By Rebecca Myerson, Allison Espeseth, and Laura Dague Myerson is an associate professor of health policy and management at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. Espeseth is director of Covering Wisconsin and a part of University of Wisconsin-Madison Division…...
More workers hate their jobs, but keep them for the health insurance
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (210+ words) Bob Herman is the author of Health Care Inc., an award-winning weekly newsletter about the business of health and medicine. An increasing number of adults are slogging through jobs they don’t like solely because they don’t want to lose their…...
Despite earnings celebration, UnitedHealth signals more financial pain for employers
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (220+ words) Bob Herman is the author of Health Care Inc., an award-winning weekly newsletter about the business of health and medicine. UnitedHealth Group smashed through investors’ earnings expectations in the second quarter, with executives confidently saying this new level of profit…...
FTC settles lawsuit with CVS Caremark over charges it manipulated insulin prices, impeded access
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (327+ words) The Federal Trade Commission settled a lawsuit against CVS Caremark, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S., over allegations that the company artificially inflated the price of insulin and impeded access to the lifesaving diabetes treatment. As part…...
Hospital chain HCA warns of lower profits as more patients go uninsured
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (164+ words) The country’s biggest hospital chain lowered its 2026 profit outlook on Tuesday after treating more uninsured patients than expected in the second quarter. Many of those uninsured patients had dropped their Affordable Care Act plans after losing enhanced subsidies, HCA Healthcare…...
As states absorb Medicaid funding cuts, family caregivers face financial ruin
2+ mon, 12+ hour ago (697+ words) In 2018, Kristine Fifer was lucky to avoid bankruptcy. “I lost everything,” said Fifer, who also has a 13-year-old son. But eight years later, Fifer’s luck has run out. “With these new cuts, I’m done. I’m going to foreclose,” Fifer said,…...