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  • Published on May 14, 2025

    District Court Dismisses Weight Loss Drug Discrimination Suits

    The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine recently dismissed two separate suits alleging that health plans’ coverage exclusion for weight loss drugs constitutes unlawful disability discrimination.  Both complaints alleged that the plans’ coverage …

    Source: JD Supra - California - Neutral
  • Published on May 14, 2025

    Lower drug costs could be on the way for Hawaii

    HONOLULU (Island News) -- An estimated 60% of adults in Hawai'i rely on or use prescription medication, and a new executive order could lower the cost at the register.  The executive order, signed by Donald Trump this week, demands lower drug prices, …

    Source: KITV - Hawaii - Neutral
  • Published on May 13, 2025

    Trump’s order on drug prices isn’t what it seems

    Earlier this week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he claims will force Big Pharma to lower prescription drug prices paid by Americans to match the prices paid in other countries. It certainly sounds like a good idea. We pay — by far …

    Source: MSNBC - Center-left
  • Published on May 13, 2025

    Drug price cuts: what is Trump planning and what will it mean for big pharma?

    The plans, first announced in a social media post on Sunday, triggered a sharp fall in drugmakers’ share prices on Monday. However, these later reversed amid growing scepticism that the shake-up would be as severe as promised. What is Trump proposing? His …

    Source: The Guardian - Center-left
  • Published on May 13, 2025

    Trump Again Promises Lower Drug Prices By 'Cutting Out Middlemen' Like UnitedHealth, CVS: Will It Work This Time?

    President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order aimed at drastically reducing prescription drug prices in the U.S. What Happened: The Trump administration wants to tie drug prices to the lowest amount paid in comparable foreign countries …

    Source: Benzinga - Neutral
  • Published on May 13, 2025

    Report: Sen. Thune Signals Opposition to Codifying Trump’s Prescription Drug Pricing Order — Calls It “Fairly ...

    Credit: Gage Skidmore / Flickr President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday aimed at dramatically reducing prescription drug prices in the United States by aligning them with the lower prices paid in other developed nations. On Sunday, …

    Source: The Gateway Pundit - Right-wing
  • Published on May 13, 2025

    CVS Health, Cigna Stocks Dip Tuesday: What's Going On?

    CVS Health Corporation CVS and The Cigna Group CI shares trading lower Tuesday. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs. What To Know: According to the Wall Street Journal, the executive …

    Source: Benzinga - Neutral
  • Published on May 13, 2025

    Cigna and CVS shares fall as Trump targets ‘middlemen’ in sweeping executive order against Big Pharma

    President Trump took aim at Big Pharma on Monday by signing an executive order meant to slash Americans’ prescription drug prices by up to 90% — sparking a selloff in companies he labeled as “middlemen.” “What’s been happening is, we’ve been subsidizing …

    Source: New York Post - Right-wing
  • Published on May 13, 2025

    Why Cigna Group Stock Dived Today

    Monday wasn't a very good day for health insurers, and if a day's not good for health insurers you can bet Cigna Group (CI -5.49%) stock took it on the chin. The blow came from the highest levels of government, spooking investors and driving down …

    Source: The Motley Fool USA - Neutral
  • Published on May 12, 2025

    Trump's drug pricing order delivers blow to pharmacy benefit managers

    By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Monday delivered a blow to the private-sector middlemen who negotiate U.S. drug prices in his executive order on drug pricing, saying he would cut them out as part of a goal to bring the U.S. in …

    Source: Yahoo Finance - Pending
  • Published on May 12, 2025

    Will Trump's executive order lower drug prices?

    President Trump signed an executive order designed to lower drug costs where U.S. pays more than foreign countries. The effort targets prices in general, but government has more cost control with Medicare and Medicaid than other programs. Critics, …

    Source: Deseret News - Utah - Pending
  • Published on May 12, 2025

    Pharma stocks recover from initial shock of Trump’s drug pricing order

    Audio By Carbonatix By Sriparna Roy and Joel Jose (Reuters) -Shares of U.S. drugmakers rebounded on Monday after an initial selloff as analysts said that President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order to slash prescription drug prices would be difficult …

    Source: SRN News - Center-right
  • Published on May 13, 2025

    Health Insurance Is a Time Suck

    Erin Massey is busy in her day job as a scientist at a biotech company. But recently, she’s had another job, too: trying to convince her insurer, Cigna, to pay for a medication that she needs for her insomnia. Premera, Massey’s previous insurer through …

    Source: TIME Magazine - Center-left
  • Published on 11:41 GMT

    What a CEO return means for a troubled UnitedHealth

    This is The Takeaway from today's Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: We don't need to dwell on the lack of detail behind Andrew Witty stepping down as CEO of UnitedHealth (UNH) for "personal …

    Source: Yahoo Finance - Pending
  • Published on May 14, 2025

    Stopping a ‘moral obscenity’: Senate Judiciary Committee expresses support for PBM reform

    There’s still significant support in Congress for overhauling the pharmacy benefit manager industry, after reforms almost made it across the finish line late last year but died at the 11th hour, lawmakers said during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on …

    Source: Healthcare Dive - Neutral
  • Published on May 14, 2025

    Antitrust & Competition Healthcare Quarterly Update Q1 2025

    I. Summary While M&A activity has slowed in the tail end of the first quarter of 2025, including in healthcare, there have been several noteworthy developments in the antitrust space in the first 100 days of the Trump Administration. The Federal Trade …

    Source: JD Supra - California - Neutral
  • Published on May 14, 2025

    Big Pharma vs. Trump: Legal Battles Loom Over Price Reduction Plan

    President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order aimed at slashing U.S. prescription drug prices by up to 90%, but experts and industry leaders are casting doubt on its feasibility and potential impact. Big Pharma vs. Trump: Legal Battles Loom Over …

    Source: The Published Reporter - Pending
  • Published on May 13, 2025

    Trump's Most Favored Nations Policy Sparks PBM Selloff

    Stocks of pharmacy benefit managers took a beating after President Donald Trump unveiled his Most Favored Nation (MFN) policy—a move he claims would lower drug prices by at least 50%. A core tenet of Trump’s MFN directive is enabling “direct-to-consumer” …

    Source: BioSpace - Pending
  • Published on May 13, 2025

    UnitedHealth Group Shares Plunge On Abrupt CEO Exit, Suspends 2025 Outlook

    Shares of UnitedHealth Group tumbled in premarket trading after the insurer announced the sudden resignation of CEO Andrew Witty and the suspension of its 2025 financial outlook. UnitedHealth Group appointed Stephen Hemsley, its board chairman and former …

    Source: Zero Hedge - Right-wing

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