Pharmacies Surge On Report That Amazon Is Backing Away From Prescription Drugs

Rumors have been swirling that Amazon might try to break into the pharmacy business. On Monday, CNBC reported that Amazon (AMZN) has put its plans to sell and distribute pharmaceutical products on hold. An Amazon representative told CNNMoney that the company does not comment on rumors or speculation.

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Coffee Companies Prepare to Battle California Cancer Warning Labels

A fleet of major coffee brands is gearing up for a long haul fight against California’s coffee warnings. The companies say that the trace amounts of acrylamide — a cancer-causing chemical — found in coffee do not warrant a label, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Nevada Insurance Exchange Premiums Up 45.6 Percent

A study by the Urban Institute says the average monthly premium for healthcare insurance in Nevada increased 45.6 percent this year.

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Nevada Looks to Learn From Past Mistakes in Health Platform Switch

The state’s health exchange under the Affordable Care Act is moving off the federal platform for signing up for insurance, relying on lessons learned in the past and in other states.

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5 Takeaways From CMS’ Final 2019 ACA Marketplace Rule

The CMS issued a 523-page final rule late Monday that agency officials said is meant to give states more power to regulate their individual and small-group health insurance markets. The rule also furthers the Trump administration's agenda of chipping away at Affordable Care Act rules in lieu of a full repeal, which congressional Republicans haven't been able to pull off.

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Senator Says Pharma Should’ve Cut Prices With Tax Savings, But Many Companies Went The Other Way

Many top drugmakers reaped savings from U.S. tax reform, which lawmakers touted as a boon that would deliver jobs and other benefits. In pharma, tax savings and cash brought home from abroad could have lowered costs for patients—or so one senator's reasoning goes.

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Insurers Look to Pass Drug Price Breaks Straight to Consumer

Some major health insurers plan to take a little sting out of prescription drug prices by giving customers rebates at the pharmacy counter. Aetna and UnitedHealthcare both say they will begin passing rebates they get from drugmakers along to some customers starting next year. They could spark a trend: The idea has been championed by President Donald Trump, and it’s something other bill-payers like major employers might consider.

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California Aims To Tackle Health Care Prices In Novel Rate-Setting Proposal

Backed by labor and consumer groups, a California lawmaker unveiled a proposal Monday calling for the state to set health care prices in the commercial insurance market. Supporters of the legislation, called the Health Care Price Relief Act, say California has made major strides in expanding health insurance coverage, but recent changes haven’t addressed the ...

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Top Insurance Official Warns of Coming ObamaCare Premium Hikes

A top executive at the trade group representing health insurers on Monday warned of premium increases for ObamaCare plans next year, saying the situation is “not a pretty picture right now.”

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For Uber And Lyft, Medicare Could Be The Next Profitable Ride

New rules allowing health insurers to include more supplemental benefits in their Medicare Advantage plans may open the door to millions of ride-sharing trips via Uber or Lyft to the doctor’s office, clinic or pharmacy for millions of elderly Americans.

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