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Pharmacists, Patient Rights Advocates Protest Express Scripts’ Drug Practices

Patients are being harmed by Express Scripts and other pharmacy benefit managers that prevent them from using their preferred pharmacies, resulting in decreased availability of medications and higher drug prices, say protestors.

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CMS Makes It Easier To Report Hospital EDs Violating Emergency Care Requirement

The Biden administration continues to dig its heels in on emergency care requirements, announcing Tuesday the launch of a new web portal for individuals to report potential violations. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) was enacted by Congress in 1986 to prevent hospitals from turning away patients with life-threatening health emergencies but ...

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Latest Data Shows Millions Of Eligible Americans Have Been Disenrolled From Medicaid

More than 10 million people were disenrolled from Medicaid over the past six months, according to the latest data published by a KFF tracker. The tracker has collected data on Medicaid enrollment since the first states began redetermining eligibility in April, after the expiration of the federal requirement of continuous coverage during the Covid-19 public health emergency. ...

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Employer-Based Health Insurance: Covered 54% Of Americans In 2022

Health coverage of working-age adults increased significantly in the Northeast, South and West, although increases varied by age and employment status, according to the latest Census Bureau report.

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Help Clients Get Reimbursed For COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave

Your small business clients may be eligible to apply for reimbursement of costs incurred in connection with the California COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave program. Qualifying employers are eligible for $5,000 to $50,000. Funds awarded can be used solely to reimburse California employers that offered COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave between January 1, 2022, through ...

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Drug Pricing Rules Will Likely Be Challenged

Pharmaceutical companies that fought drug pricing reforms Congress passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act are now weighing a legal challenge as the Biden administration sets about implementing the policy. “I don’t think we’ve made any decisions at this time, but it’s certainly something we’re looking into,” Lori Reilly, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers ...

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California Adopts Nation’s 1st ‘Endemic’ Virus Policy

California became the first state to formally shift to an “endemic” approach to the coronavirus with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement Thursday of a plan that emphasizes prevention and quick reaction to outbreaks over mandated masking and business shutdowns.

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Keep Cobra From Biting Medicare-Eligible Consumers: House Reps

Three top House Democrats and three top House Republicans have found something they can agree on: Someone should keep Medicare enrollment rules from biting COBRA coverage users on the neck.

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To Fight Their Negative Image on Prices, Drug Companies Launch a Major Ad Campaign That Doesn’t Mention Them

Just two weeks after President Trump said the pharmaceutical industry is “getting away with murder” on drug prices, the industry's major lobbying group launched its largest-ever ad campaign aimed at rebranding drug companies' image — without even mentioning the topic.

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Federal Employee Health Premiums to Rise 6.2 Percent on Average

The enrollee share of premiums in the health-care program for federal employees and retirees will rise 6.2 percent on average in 2017, an increase about in line with the general trend for employer-sponsored health insurance, the government announced Wednesday.

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