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Trump unveils deal with Regeneron to lower drug prices as part of most-favored-nation initiative
13+ hour, 8+ min ago (685+ words) President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a deal with drugmaker Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products as part of the White House's signature drug pricing initiative. The deal involves Regeneron lowering the prices of all its current…...
State-run insurance plans for foster kids leave some of them without doctors
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (1257+ words) By Andrew Jones, KFF Health News Ollie Super has moved in and out of cancer treatment since she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma as a toddler in foster care. Now 8, the second grader is dealing with it again. Her cancer came…...
Senior living: In switching to original Medicare, beware of Medigap plan refusals
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (643+ words) But there's a catch: If people want to move to original Medicare and buy a supplemental Medigap insurance plan to cover some out-of-pocket costs, they may not be able to. Medigap insurers can generally refuse coverage to applicants whose medical…...
California's wealth tax proposal pits fiscal fantasy against economic reality
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (404+ words) These warnings expose the wealth tax's central problems: unreliable revenue projections, permanent tax base erosion from migration, and misguided spending priorities that treat government efficiency problems as funding shortfalls. Nine of the original twelve OECD countries that imposed wealth taxes…...
When hospitals buy physician practices, prices go up
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (461+ words) By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline. org As more hospitals have gobbled up private physician practices, costs for childbirth and other services have gone up, according to a new study. Since the early aughts, the share of physicians in the United…...