Amazon, Walmart Duke It Out For Consumers’ Prescription Business
June 10, 2021
Both Amazon and Walmart announced plans this week to offer discounted prescriptions to consumers — effectively encouraging them to forego... View Article Read More
Medical Cost Trends To Increase In 2021, Drop In 2022
June 10, 2021
A new analysis predicts that medical cost increases will moderate slightly in the U.S. in 2022, following a higher rate... View Article Read More
Can a Subscription Model Fix Primary Care in the US?
June 10, 2021
In April, San Francisco-based primary care company One Medical revealed an eye-popping compensation package for its chief executive and chairman, Amir Dan... View Article Read More
Biden Administration Pushes Domestic Pharmaceutical Production
June 10, 2021
The Biden administration aims to boost U.S.-based production of pharmaceuticals and their ingredients, among other initiatives looking to shore up... View Article Read More
More Than Two-Thirds Of Congress Cashed A Pharma Campaign Check In 2020, New STAT Analysis Shows
June 10, 2021
Seventy-two senators and 302 members of the House of Representatives cashed a check from the pharmaceutical industry ahead of the... View Article Read More
New Alzheimer’s Drug Could Blow Up Health Spending
June 10, 2021
Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s treatment could be experts’ nightmare drug spending scenario: An extremely expensive product that millions of desperate patients... View Article Read More
Yes, Your Employer Can Require You to Be Vaccinated
June 10, 2021
As many Americans prepare to head back to the office, companies are hammering out policies on the extent to which... View Article Read More
California’s Reopening Confusion
June 8, 2021
The events of the last few days raise the question: In eight days, will Californians mistakenly believe that the COVID-19 pandemic is over? After all, Gov. Gavin Newsom has promised a “full reopening” of the state on that date. Read More
No More Masks At Work? California’s Rules Are On Track To Change
June 8, 2021
Mask-optional workplaces are almost here, as long as a proposal from California’s workplace safety agency gets final approval. As the state moves toward lifting many COVID-19 pandemic restrictions June 15 Read More
Reminder On COBRA And ARP Deadlines
June 8, 2021
Word & Brown has shared several updates via our Newsroom, broker newsletters, and Compliance articles concerning the effects of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act, which was signed into law in March 2021. Read More