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DOJ to appeal UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare merger challenge
In its antitrust challenge to a UnitedHealth Group-Change Healthcare deal, the Department of Justice argued that the merger would allow...

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How To Get Away With Corporate Murder: Unbundling And Disrupting Pharmacy Benefit Managers (Part 1)
Forbes If, as Mitt Romney said, a corporation is a person, then is it akin to murder if an idea takes down a company? What about if it...

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Oklahoma proposes landmark rule to keep mailed medications safe from extreme temperatures
There is little regulation of how pharmacies ship drugs to patients, though extremes of hot or cold can make medicine unsafe or...

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Express Scripts to pay $3.2 mln to settle Massachusetts overcharge claims
Cigna unit accused of ignoring federal, state drug pricing benchmarks for workers' compensation beneficiaries Massachusetts previously...

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How the 10 largest PBMs hold huge sway in health care marketplace
American Medical Association What’s the news: The AMA has gathered first-of-its-kind data on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and its...

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DOJ sues Cigna alleging Medicare Advantage fraud
Modern Healthcare The Justice Department has sued Cigna for allegedly collecting tens of millions of dollars in excess Medicare payments...

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‘The Cash Monster Was Insatiable’: How Insurers Exploited Medicare for Billions
By next year, half of Medicare beneficiaries will have a private Medicare Advantage plan. Most large insurers in the program have been...

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Nearly 20% of Medicare Advantage plans lose star revenue for 2023
Modern Healthcare Just half of Medicare Advantage plans with prescription drug coverage received ratings that will earn them bonuses for...

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Anthem must face Medicare Advantage fraud lawsuit, judge rules
Modern Healthcare Author: Nona Tepper Anthem must face a Justice Department lawsuit alleging the Medicare Advantage insurer intentionally...

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Health insurers are painting a misleading picture of Medicare Advantage savings, experts say
STAT News The health insurance industry is continuing its campaign to convince the public that Medicare Advantage saves taxpayers money,...

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Nearly 15,000 Pharmacies Leaving Tricare Next Month
Military.com Thousands of independent and community pharmacies are poised to be dropped from Tricare's pharmacy network next month in a...

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FTC's Bedoya Says Antitrust Cares Too Much About Efficiency
Law360 Federal Trade Commission member Alvaro M. Bedoya said Thursday that antitrust enforcement has been too concerned with how...

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Angry at Big Pharma? Direct it at Big PBM!
LinkedIn Pulse Big Pharma has a very bad reputation, 58% disapprove, however people should REALLY be pissed at another small group of...

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Most Americans Worry About Accessing Health Care, Poll Finds
Some 80% of Americans worry about how they will access good health care, according to a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public...

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CVS deal for Signify seen facing tough antitrust review
Reuters CVS Health Corp's (CVS.N) plan to buy healthcare services company Signify Health for about $8 billion will face a tough U.S....

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In Defense of Americans Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers
TownHall When I served as a White House health advisor, I invited a group of large employers to come describe the challenges company...

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It’s time to expose the secret drug scam at the heart of American health care
Yahoo Finance/Fortune A federal court recently exposed the rot at the heart of America's healthcare system. The case, filed in the U.S....

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Healthcare Policy Expert: FTC Could Put Insurers' Drug Middlemen On A Diet
The Federal Trade Commission has an opportunity to impact healthcare for Americans. Newsweek Fat can sometimes cause healthcare issues,...

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FTC Goes After PBMs, Warns Of Legal Action
Forbes Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously (5-0) to examine rising list prices of insulin, but also to probe...

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8 in 10 registered voters support requiring insurance & PBMs to share rebates directly with patients
A new PhRMA/Ipsos poll finds that there is wide support for policies that require health insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers...

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