Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk announced Friday that Costco will begin selling monthly supplies of Ozempic and Wegovy for $499 to uninsured members. The discounted price comes as more Americans have become aware of GLP-1 weight loss drugs, which have become increasingly popular as people have touted body transformations and health benefits. The popularity of the medications amid ...

State-regulated dental plans in California will soon have to comply with new dentist payment rules. California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week signed a dental plan payment rule bill. The law created by the bill will require a dental plan to make the default payment system a system that imposes no service fees on the dentists. ...

When it comes to longevity, women are much more likely to outlive men. In the U.S., the gap widened to 5.8 years in 2021. On average, men can expect to live just shy of 76 years, compared to 81 for women. A new study from researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, shows ...

The federal government started shutting down early Wednesday after Congress failed to approve a funding bill before the beginning of the new fiscal year — resulting in widespread ramifications for hundreds of programs and giving the Trump administration an avenue to fire federal workers en masse.

CMS issues guidance calling quits on expanded telehealth flexibilities On day one of the government shutdown, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent out a Medicare Learning Network Connects Newsletter offering guidance on Medicare billing and telehealth services during the lapse in appropriations. The CMS reaffirmed in the guidance that pandemic-era expanded telehealth ...

While enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) grew to include 50% of all Medicare eligibles in 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is projecting a decline for the 2026 plan year.