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  • Published on Dec 12, 2024

    Murdoch Outlets and Bezos’ WaPo Demand More Sympathy for Health Insurance Execs

        The early morning murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was met on social media with a “torrent of hate” for health insurance executives (New York Times, 12/5/24). Memes mocking the insurance companies and their callous disregard for …

    Source: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 11, 2024

    Progressivism and the murder of a health insurance CEO

    Last week, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to death on a New York City sidewalk in what was clearly a thoroughly planned-out attack. Over the next few days, as authorities hunted for the killer, online progressives did not try hard to hide …

    Source: Long Beach Press Telegram - California - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 11, 2024

    Health insurer stocks fall as WSJ says lawmakers set to break up pharmacy-benefit managers

    (Reuters) – Shares of health insurers such as UnitedHealth and CVS Health fell on Wednesday after a Wall Street Journal report said a bipartisan group of lawmakers was set to introduce legislation to break up pharmacy-benefit managers. The Senate bill, …

    Source: WTVB - Michigan - Label Pending
  • Published on Dec 11, 2024

    Open enrollment for 2025 health insurance ends Dec. 16

    Idahoans have an extra day to enroll this year! This year, Your Health Idaho extended the enrollment deadline to midnight MST Monday, Dec. 16, to avoid a Sunday deadline.” There are seven days left to complete an application and enroll in coverage that …

    Source: Clearwater Tribune - Idaho - Label Pending
  • Published on Dec 11, 2024

    Outrage jolts health insurers

    The horrible murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO in New York City tore the scab off a torrent of public anger against the health insurance industry. Thousands of people across the country took to social media to share stories of critical care denial and …

    Source: Allied News - Pennsylvania - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 11, 2024

    Hospital payment caps could save millions of dollars for state employee health plans

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — State employee health plans could have saved $7.1 billion nationwide by capping hospital payments at 200% of Medicare rates in 2022, a study led by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health found. “ …

    Source: Brown University News - Rhode Island - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 12, 2024

    Could weight-loss drugs treat other chronic diseases?

    One of Dr Mo Sarhan’s patients was experiencing intense cravings for opioids and alcohol when the Florida-based doctor offered him a striking solution: the Eli Lilly weight-loss drug Mounjaro. “Within days, all of his cravings were gone and he was much …

    Source: The Financial Times - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 12, 2024

    Demand for weight loss drugs is rising, though many insurers won’t cover them

    It’s rare to turn on the TV or scroll the internet these days, without hearing about some kind of weight loss drug. “You see celebrities talking about them, taking them. It’s on late night talk shows,” said Stacie Dusetzina at Vanderbilt University Medical …

    Source: Marketplace - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Dec 11, 2024

    SHULTZ: Claudia Tenney, protector of big health insurers

    Last week’s terrible murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO in New York City ripped the scab off a torrent of public anger against the abuses of the health insurance industry. Thousands of people across the country took to social media to share stories of being …

    Source: Niagara Gazette - New York - Label Pending
  • Published on Dec 13, 2024

    News Briefs for Friday, December 13, 2024

    HAVANA TIMES – Here are the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Friday, December 13, 2024. Mass Crowds Gather for First Friday Prayers Since Assad Ouster Dec 13, 2024 In Syria, tens of thousands of people have gathered at the Great …

    Source: Havana Times - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 12, 2024

    Noom Offers Oral Medications For Weight Loss Starting at $29

    A $29 entry price helps provide accessibility for people pursuing weight loss goals Service includes all features of Noom Med with asynchronous telehealth doctor visits, access to care coordinators, Noom Premium 1:1 Coaching and more Provides a weight loss …

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  • Published on Dec 13, 2024

    From Approval to Practice: Addressing the Hurdles in Biosimilar Integration

    Am J Manag Care. 2024;30(Spec. No. 13):SP1033-SP1040. https://doi.org/10.37765/ajmc.2024.89651 _____ Despite facing considerable barriers to adoption, biosimilars have significant potential to reshape the health care landscape, as …

    Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 12, 2024

    The FDA Hasn’t Inspected This Drug Factory After 7 Recalls for the Same Flaw, 1 Potentially Deadly

    ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights Flawed Drugs: Indian drugmaker …

    Source: ProPublica - Center-left
  • Published on Dec 11, 2024

    Should Employer Health Plans Have to Pay for Weight Loss Drugs?

    It’s one of those shocking statistics that seems hard to believe – until you just stop and look around, or even look in the mirror. Upwards of 70% of Americans are either overweight or obese, a statistic that has more than tripled in the last 60 years. Why …

    Source: Daily Citizen - Colorado - Right-wing
  • Published on Dec 11, 2024

    Majority Health Insurance Premiums Rose Up To 20% This Year: Bank Negara

    KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — About six in 10 revised medical and health insurance and takaful (MHIT) policies had premium increases of up to 20 per cent this year, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF). In 2024, among affected …

    Source: CodeBlue - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 11, 2024

    Contending with Americans’ fury at health insurers

    Since last week’s shoot­ing and death of Unit­ed­Health­care CEO Bri­an Thomp­son, there’s been a wave of frus­tra­tion ex­pressed with the health in­sur­ance in­dus­try, and sup­port for the al­leged killer. The health­care in­dus­try, as we chron­i­cle …

    Source: Endpoints News - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 11, 2024

    Indonesia: Health insurance loss ratio expected to rise in 2025

    The average health claims loss ratio in Indonesia reached 105.7% in the first quarter of 2024 and is expected to increase even more in 2025, says WTW, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company. WTW, in its Global Medical Trends Survey report …

    Source: Asia Insurance Review - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 12, 2024

    Transparency required to address expensive drugs issue: Minister

    Jakarta (ANTARA) - Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin highlighted the need to exercise a higher level of transparency in determining the prices of drugs to identify the cause of Indonesia's high medicine prices issue. "Indonesia is witnessing a …

    Source: ANTARA News - Label Pending
  • Published on Dec 11, 2024

    UnitedHealth, rival shares tumble as lawmakers push to break up drug middlemen

    Shares of companies owning pharmacy benefit managers fell on Wednesday after the introduction of a bipartisan bill that would force health insurers or drug middlemen to divest their pharmacy businesses. CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and …

    Source: New York Post - Right-wing

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