The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has introduced two new TV ads attacking pharmacy benefit managers and health insurers. Both ads feature a smarmy PhRMA spokes villain, Middleman, snatching a prescription drug rebate card away from a woman who needs to help pay for her medications. In a longer version, Middleman hands the rebate card ...

On average across states, 9.6 insurers are participating on the ACA Marketplaces, which is higher than in any previous year.

Those ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different look: New rules require drugmakers to be clearer and more direct when explaining their medications’ risks and side effects. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration spent more than 15 years crafting the guidelines, which are ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration and Health and Human Services ended an impasse over the virtual prescribing of controlled substances that threatened access to drugs like Adderall by extending pandemic-era flexibilities through the end of 2025. Why it matters: Keeping the status quo leaves the question of whether to make controlled substances available without an in-person doctor’s visit for ...

A California agency charged with slowing health costs has set a lofty goal for insurers to direct 15% of their spending to primary care by 2034, part of the state’s effort to expand the primary care workforce and give more people access to preventive care services. The board of the state Office of Health Care ...

Hoping your company will begin paying for anti-obesity medications like Wegovy? You may be in luck. A growing number of employers are considering covering the blockbuster weight-loss drugs, several surveys show. Workers will learn whether they’ll gain such coverage for the coming year during open enrollment, which launches this month at many companies. GLP-1 drugs, which treat ...