Wednesday, March 4, 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

Consumers less likely to take a drug when its price is included in ads, study finds

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) When prices were included in television advertisements for higher-cost drugs, consumers were less

(By April Dembosky for NPR) About a year ago, Dr. Ako Jacintho of San Francisco returned home from traveling to

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed to pay $269.2 million to settle two healthcare

(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON — PhRMA, the eminent lobbying group for the pharmaceutical industry, spent more than $27.5

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Health insurance giant United HealthCare Services filed a federal lawsuit Jan. 16 against

(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Maryland Democrat chairing the House Oversight Committee, put the pharmaceutical industry

(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) WASHINGTON — The federal government is giving health insurance companies that run Medicare prescription drug

The price you pay at the pharmacy for more than 250 drugs is going up again. According to date from

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) As efforts intensify to blunt the ongoing opioid crisis, a new study finds that increased

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) After three years of stability, the number of new drug shortages in the