Even as the top official for Medicaid and Medicare claims millions may be falsely enrolled, the Trump administration is urging younger people to sign up for high-deductible ACA plans.

Cheap semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic and Wegovy, could help millions with diabetes and obesity in 160 countries

For-profit acute and behavioral hospital operator Universal Health Services is acquiring virtual behavioral care provider Talkspace, the companies announced on Monday. The definitive agreement would see Talkspace acquired for $5.25 per share. That translates to an enterprise value of about $835 million, according to the announcement. The deal is expected to close in Q3. UHS ...

More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada’s new public option health plans, which debuted last fall with the expectation that they would bring lower prices to the health insurance market. Those preliminary numbers from the open enrollment period that ended in January are less than a third of what state officials had projected. Nevada ...

Several health agencies have asked a state board to formally reject the Trump administration’s guidance, which made more shots optional for schoolchildren.

GoodRx launched GoodRx Employer Direct, a program that allows employers to subsidize manufacturer-sponsored prices for high-cost brand medications like GLP-1s without adding them to their health insurance benefits.