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Kaine leads bipartisan push to hold pharmacy benefit managers accountable for drug costs
22 Dec 2025 21:10 GMT
… role in raising costs of prescription drugs.
This bipartisan legislation is critical … law, PBMs that administer drug benefits for employer health plans are …
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Comptroller Auditing Troubled Health Benefits Fund for City Workers
22 Dec 2025 10:58 GMT
… for city employee’s health benefits, THE CITY has learned, as … insurance premiums and supplemental benefits, like prescription drugs and dental and vision plans … fund to pay for supplemental benefits, according to audio obtained by …
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Understanding Medigap’s Foreign Travel Benefits: What’s Really Covered?
21 Dec 2025 06:57 GMT
… plans include foreign travel emergency benefits, making them top contenders for … unexpected onset.
Medigap foreign travel benefits do not cover:
Routine care … in advance are not covered.
Prescription drugs: Medications you purchase at a …
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All About Medicare Part A: What You Need To Know About This Basic Benefit
19 Dec 2025 21:59 GMT
… some but not all outpatient prescription drugs; and other medical services … choose to receive your benefits from a Medicare … and doesn’t cover prescription drugs or routine dental, vision … also include those ancillary benefits like dental, vision, and …
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Is Ozempic Safe? Doctors Share Benefits, Concerns and Whether They'd Prescribe It for Life
19 Dec 2025 19:33 GMT
… be able to afford the prescription drugs. In the fall of … GLP-1 drugs offer important benefits for cardiovascular health, kidney … weight management, and those benefits remain very significant. However, … the opinion that the benefit-risk profile of semaglutide …
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Dietary supplements: key facts, research studies, and advice for journalists
22 Dec 2025 20:37 GMT
… <p>Unlike prescription drugs, dietary supplements are not … disease prevention or treatment benefits, even though such … to be safe.”
Unlike prescription drugs, dietary supplements are … Statements and Perceived Health Benefits of Dietary Supplements
Joanna …
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STAT+: Pharmaceutical industry evades drug price transparency, again
22 Dec 2025 22:43 GMT
Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also the author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter. You can …
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Top 5 Most-Read Policy Articles of 2025
22 Dec 2025 20:21 GMT
In 2025, policy efforts intensely focused on reducing biosimilar barriers and promoting affordability worldwide, highlighted by a US bipartisan bill protecting skinny labeling to shield biosimilar manufacturers from costly patent litigation and a …
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Trump Admin Tests New Medicare Drug Pricing Pilot Programs
22 Dec 2025 21:04 GMT
Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced two pilot programs on Dec. 19, as the Trump administration tests new …
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The Legality of Distributing and Dispensing Botanical Cannabis under Schedule III
22 Dec 2025 19:18 GMT
[co-authors: Will Woodlee, Helen Ryan]
Updated December 18, 2025: President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to begin the process of reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances …