Walgreens Exploring Sale Of Shields Health Solutions

The specialty pharmacy could be valued at more than $4 billion in a sale, but a deal might slow the U.S. Healthcare segment’s drive toward profitability.

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Newsom Seeks To Delay A Wage Increase For Health Care Workers He’d Approved

California health care workers banking on a state-ordered minimum wage increase later this year might have to wait a little longer. Because of the state’s $38 billion projected budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday said he is seeking changes to a law he signed just three months ago that set the health care industry on a path ...

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Diabetes Patients Lament Drugmaker’s Decision To Discontinue Levemir Insulin

After she was diagnosed at age 48 with Type 1 diabetes, Stacey Silverman muddled through her days with high blood sugar, fatigue and splitting headaches. Taking a long-acting form of insulin called Levemir, one of many types of the hormone on the market, resolved those blood sugar swings. Now the 55-year-old Dallas-area resident worries her ...

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Contradictory Diet Advice Is Making Healthy Eating Even Harder

‘Tis the season of wavering New Year’s resolutions. And 2024 might be an especially hard time to keep to a new diet because there are so many contradictory claims — and so little left on the menu that isn’t being vilified by someone with initials after their name. Mainstream experts are still warning us against ...

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What To Expect From Big Pharma (And Biden’s Push To Lower Drug Prices) In 2024

A look at new legal battles and drug regulations, including the administration’s new initiatives to reduce drug costs and next steps in the FTC’s attempt to address improperly listed patents in the FDA’s Orange Book.

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These Are The Top Healthcare Challenges Employers Expect To Face This Year

Self-insured employers are set to face plenty of challenges this year, ranging from addressing the mental health needs of their workforces to developing strategies for on-site clinics amid a pivot to larger volumes of remote work.

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Predictions Abound For Health Care Policy As Presidential Election Year Begins

Inflation and the economy are the top concern of voters heading into the 2024 presidential election cycle, but health care remains among the top worrisome issues nationally.

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Congress Passes Short-Term Funding Bill Extending DSH Payments To March 8

Both chambers of Congress voted Thursday to pass a bill Thursday that punts a partial government shutdown, set to go into effect this weekend, back to early March. The Senate voted 77-18 in favor of the stopgap Thursday afternoon, and was shortly followed by 314-108 vote in the House. President Joe Biden had previously signaled that ...

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Drug Cost Trends In 2024 Are ‘Nearly Unprecedented,’ Research Finds

Drugmakers aren’t raising prices like they used to, according to data from 46brooklyn Research. On Jan. 1, 453 branded drugs increased in cost — a similar figure to the start of 2023, which saw 452 pricier brand-name drugs. Drugmakers typically make the most drug price changes in January, and in 2023 and 2024, there seems to be ...

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Drugmakers Raise Prices of Ozempic, Mounjaro and Hundreds of Other Drugs

Drugmakers kicked off 2024 by raising the list prices for Ozempic, Mounjaro and dozens of other widely used medicines. Companies including Novo Nordisk NOVO.B -0.76%decrease; red down pointing triangle, the maker of Ozempic, and Eli Lilly LLY -0.87%decrease; red down pointing triangle, which sells Mounjaro, raised list prices on 775 brand-name drugs during the first ...

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