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Buying Home and Auto Insurance Used to Be Routine. It’s Becoming a Nightmare.

HS 08/01/2024

Listen to article(2 minutes)After Allstate suffered billions of dollars in losses and failed to get the rate increases it wanted,...

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Pharmacy Giant Walgreens Names Tim Wentworth as New CEO

HS 11/10/2023

The incoming chief executive faces a tough challenge, with a core business under pressure due to pharmacy-benefit managers such as...

WSJ News Exclusive | Health-Insurance Costs Are Taking Biggest Jumps in Years

HS 08/09/2023

Employers and workers are expected to see an increase of about 6.5% or higher in the cost of their health...

FDA Approves Leqembi, Extending Alzheimer’s Treatment to More Patients

HS 07/07/2023

Medicare enrollees can get the anti-amyloid treatment as a result of the agency’s full approval. Source link

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Challenges Federal Government’s New Drug-Price Powers

HS 10/06/2023

The lawsuit is the second filed this week saying Medicare’s new negotiating authority is unconstitutional. Source link

Merck Challenges U.S. Government’s New Powers to Negotiate Drug Prices

HS 07/06/2023

The drugmaker filed a lawsuit saying Medicare’s drug-price negotiation program violates the company’s constitutional rights. Source link

Medicaid Eligibility Changes Set to Hit Hospitals, Insurers, States

HS 01/04/2023

PoliticsHealth PolicyMillions could lose coverage as their eligibility is reviewed, with financial effects rippling through the healthcare industry Source link

Telehealth Apps Sharing Consumer Data Draw FTC Crackdown

HS 26/03/2023

TechBetterHelp barred under proposed settlement from supplying health data for ads Source link

Biden Administration to Cut Mortgage Insurance Costs for Lower-Income Buyers

HS 22/02/2023

PoliticsFederal Housing Administration will reduce the annual fee borrowers pay for its insurance by about $800 Source link

WSJ News Exclusive | CVS Nearing $10.5 Billion Deal for Primary-Care Provider Oak Street Health

HS 07/02/2023

WSJ News ExclusiveHealthThe deal would expand the health insurer and pharmacy chain’s role in medical care Source link

Elevance to Acquire Louisiana Nonprofit Health Insurer

HS 24/01/2023

HealthThe company didn’t disclose terms of the deal, which could add roughly 1.9 million members Source link

New Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi Will Be Out of Reach for Most Patients

HS 07/01/2023

HealthMedicare won’t pay for medicine under rule issued to restrict use of earlier drug whose approval generated controversy Source link

U.S. Healthcare-Spending Growth Slowed in 2021, Federal Report Finds

HS 15/12/2022

Federal spending on Covid-19 dropped, while there was an uptick in spending on insurance coverage and healthcare services. Source link

Drugmakers Look to Limit Medicare’s New Power to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices

HS 20/10/2022

Drugmakers are trying to blunt Medicare’s newfound power to negotiate medicine prices while coping with internal industry disputes and ebbing...

Judge Rejects Antitrust Challenge to UnitedHealth Acquisition

HS 20/09/2022

WASHINGTON—A federal judge Monday ruled against a Justice Department antitrust challenge to UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s $13 billion acquisition of health-technology...