Health News

In response to growing public concern over rising drug prices, one of the country’s largest health insurers announced that it will now share with plan participants the discounts it receives from drug companies.

State officials in at least five states have enacted laws to end “gag clauses” imposed on pharmacists by pharmacy benefit managers. The gag clauses restrict pharmacists from informing customers that they may save money if they pay cash for their prescriptions instead...

The Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act, a bill that would loosen current Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) requirements, was not included in Congress’s recent budget agreement. REMS are safety restrictions required by the U.S....

Aetna’s former Medical Director admits under oath that he did not review patients’ records before deciding whether to deny or approve care. California’s Insurance Commissioner has launched an investigation to determine the pervasiveness of the practice. The...

Three leading U.S. companies have committed to tackling one of the biggest problems facing American companies and their employees—the rising cost of health care. The trio vows to form an independent entity free of “profit-making incentives” that will aim to improve...

According to a new study analyzing 2017 findings reported in JAMA Cardiology, fewer than one in three adults who were prescribed PCSK9 inhibitors–a new class of medications to treat patients with genetic conditions associated with high cholesterol–actually receive...

A reported 85 percent of diagnosed multiple myeloma patients experience disease-related bone destruction. For multiple myeloma patients, bone lesions associated with the disease can cause pain and increase the risk of bone fractures. A recently approved biologic provides hope for...

Legislation introduced by U.S. Congressmen Leonard Lance (R–N.J.) and Brian Higgins (D–N.Y.) would ensure that the estimated 60 percent of Americans whose private health benefits are regulated by federal law will receive cost-sharing parity for orally administered cancer...

President Trump signed an Executive Order intended to provide greater mental health services to veterans during their first-year transition period from uniformed service to civilian life. Veteran suicide rates in the first year of separation from uniformed service are nearly two...