Kaiser Permanente Strike Expands As Pharmacy, Lab Workers Walk Out

More than 3,000 pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants and clinical laboratory professionals joined the strike, which entered its third week on Monday.

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What Molina’s Medicare Advantage Exit Says About The Market

Molina Healthcare’s decision to exit the Medicare Advantage market is the latest sign that the glory days have come to an end. The health insurance company will not sell standard individual Medicare Advantage with prescription drug coverage plans in 2027 and focus instead on Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans, Molina Healthcare announced when it reported fourth-quarter earnings Thursday. Like other ...

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Nearly 40% Of Cancers Can Be Prevented With 3 Lifestyle Changes, Study Finds

Nearly half of cancers could be avoided by cutting out three major risk factors, a new study has revealed. Research published this week in Nature Medicine identified that nearly 40% of global cancer cases are linked to tobacco (15% of new cases), infections (10%) and alcohol consumption (3%). Overall, 7.1 million cancer diagnoses in 2022 were linked ...

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Some Nevada Workers May See Health Premium Hikes; Officials Say They Took Too Long To Act

Nevada workers enrolled in the state’s health insurance program could see significant plan changes starting in July as the system faces a dire financial situation that officials say is the result of holding off too long on raising premiums. The Public Employees’ Benefit Program (PEBP) — the insurance provider for more than 70,000 Nevada state ...

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Trump Signs $1.2T Spending Package That Funds HHS, Enacts PBM Reforms, Telehealth And Hospital-At-Home Measures

President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon signed a massive funding package that ends a brief government shutdown and provides full-year funding for the federal government through the end of the year. The House voted earlier in the day to pass the package by a vote of 217-214. As part of negotiations between Senate Democrats and ...

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Senate Talks To Revive ACA Tax Credits Appear To Be Fizzling Out

Talks to revive enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that expired at the end of last year appeared to be fizzling out Tuesday, with Democrats expressing little optimism about a proposal from Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) that he described as the “best and final” offer his party would make. Lawmakers had been negotiating over a proposal from Moreno that ...

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