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Health care industry
Eli Lilly cuts list price, out-of-pocket costs for some of its insulins
Mar 2, 2023
The drug maker announced it's cutting the price of its most commonly-used insulins by 70%, and capping patients' out-of-pocket cost at $35 at certain participating pharmacies.
Big Tech's health care mergers raise antitrust questions
by
David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
Mar 1, 2023
Amazon's acquisition of health care clinics represents new antitrust terrain for the Federal Trade Commission.
Nashville VC fund invests in health startups led by Black entrepreneurs
by
Blake Farmer
Jan 27, 2022
One goal is to address inequities in health care, and to help make sure those inequities don't get worse as medicine relies more on big data.
With fewer people on health insurance, health care jobs could be in jeopardy, report says
Aug 4, 2020
The employer-provided health insurance losses projected to come could cost the U.S. economy another 1.5 million to 2.5 million jobs.
Many in the health care industry already lining up to derail 'Medicare-for-all'
by
Blake Farmer
Feb 8, 2019
Patients may like the sound of "Medicare-for-all," but for many of the hospitals and doctors who would treat them, it's a nonstarter.
To fix Obamacare, look back at another health care battle
Sep 6, 2017
Medicare Advantage was once in jeopardy, too. But then Congress stepped in.
Budget is slashed for Obamacare sign up ads
Sep 1, 2017
The Department of Health and Human Services announced it would cut Obamacare advertising money by $90 million, a 90 percent overall cut. The money was meant to be used to encourage people to sign up for insurance coverage. To critics, this is just another sign the Trump Administration is trying to sabotage the law that […]
For public good, not for profit.
Why pharma companies are bowing out of generics
Aug 2, 2017
Many generic drugs have become so cheap, they have pencil-thin profit margins.
How did we end up with health insurance being tied to our jobs?
Jun 28, 2017
It started with a national wage cap during WWII.
What it's like running a state health care exchange right now
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jun 22, 2017
'There's a huge amount of froth and churn that we're trying to navigate,' says Covered California's executive director.