Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Latest:

CMS to suspend enrollment into Elevance’s Medicare Advantage plans
‘We’re running in when others are running out’: Stability drives record growth for regional Medicare Advantage plans
Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us
The gap between early retirement and Medicare eligibility
Where ACA premiums have risen most for older adults following expiration of enhanced subsidies

Part D/Prescription Drugs

Justice Department calls for final approval in CVS-Aetna merger

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Department of Justice formally requested a judge sign off on its settlement

(By Emmarie Huetteman and Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Senators got their first opportunity Tuesday to prod drugmakers about

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Seven pharma executives will testify Feb. 26 before a U.S. Senate Finance Committee

(By Emmarie Huetteman and Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Expect sparks to fly Tuesday as senators get a rare

(By Shefali Luthra and Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he intends to bring down skyrocketing

(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Kenneth Frazier, CEO of pharma giant Merck, is set to face senators Tuesday

(By David Armstrong for a collaboration between STAT and ProPublica) In May 1997, the year after Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin, its

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Supplies of BCG, a critical immunotherapy drug that treats bladder cancer, are dwindling,

(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) WASHINGTON — Spending on prescription drugs is expected to increase at an accelerating rate over

(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) In a growing number of states, patients who