Month: May 2025
Gov. Gavin Newsom will seek to regulate prescription drug intermediaries, eight months after vetoing a similar bill.
Governor Newsom’s revised budget proposal diverts funding from voter-approved Prop 35 and Prop 56 health care funds to backfill the state’s deficit—violating voter intent and threatening access to care for millions of Medi-Cal patients. CMA is urging legislators to reject the proposal.
Hospital groups are celebrating a federal judge’s initial ruling against pharmaceutical makers who contended a government block on 340B Drug Pricing Program rebate models was unlawful. Judge Dabney Friedrich, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on Thursday denied motions for summary judgment brought by drugmakers Eli Lilly, Bristol Myers Squibb and ...
Walnuts may lower your risk of colon cancer and reduce overall inflammation in the body, according to a study recently published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research. “The study shows that a simple and inexpensive dietary addition can provide health benefits to the colon without any downside risks,” study author Daniel Rosenberg told Fox News Digital. Roseberg ...
the Republican proposal could result in up to 3.4 million Californians losing their health coverage and put more than an estimated $30 billion in federal funding at risk
The U.S. Department of Justice is carrying out a criminal investigation into UnitedHealth Group (UNH.N), opens new tab for possible Medicare fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. UnitedHealth said it had not been notified by the DOJ about the “supposed criminal investigation reported,” and the company stood by “the integrity of our Medicare Advantage program.” ...
Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health services in the United States, playing a critical role in ensuring access to care for millions of adults with mental illness and substance use disorders. An estimated 58.7 million U.S. adults—nearly one in four—live with a mental illness, according to national health data. Among this population, individuals enrolled in ...
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., demanded Tuesday that Congress move to stop insurance companies from owning pharmacy benefit managers. CVS Health owns Aetna and the Caremark PBM, Cigna owns Express Scripts and UnitedHealth owns Optum Rx. Juan Carlos Scott, chief executive officer of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, a PBM group, said at a Senate Judiciary ...
The second-term governor faces a tough political decision: renege on his promise to achieve universal health care and strip coverage from millions of immigrants who lack legal status or look elsewhere for budget cuts.
President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to electively lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. or face new limits down the road over what the government will pay.