President Trump sent letters Thursday to 17 of the world’s largest drug companies, telling them to take more steps to slash the prices of prescription drugs to match the lowest price in certain foreign countries.

A proposal advancing in the legislature would require California hospitals to pre-screen patients for charity care before sending out medical bills.

More than 2,300 Californians enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will lose their health insurance next month due to a change in federal policy, state officials announced Thursday.

The Trump administration is planning an experiment to cover weight loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, potentially benefiting millions of Americans struggling with obesity.

The health IT arm of the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule this week that federal leaders say will remove red tape and enable faster prior authorization and real-time prescription benefit checks. The policy changes also will improve electronic prescribing standards, the agency said. The final rule, called the Health Data, Technology, ...

The nation’s four largest pharmacy benefit managers control two-thirds of the market. This high concentration, along vertical integration between PBMs and insurers, may contribute to higher prices and lower reimbursement rates, according to a new report from the American Medical Association. “These are important findings, because low competition may lead to higher prices paid by ...