The crisis over GLP-1 out-of-pocket costs deepens—it’s time for health-care leaders to step up
Wegovy, Zepbound, Saxenda, and other GLP-1 or GIP medications are needlessly out of reach for many Americans.
Nursing parents would gain right to pump in public under proposal to expand breastfeeding law
A caucus in the Pennsylvania House focused on maternal health has introduced bills that would protect the right to public ...
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Health plans need to take accountability for a broken system
The health care industry is at a breaking point. Patients — health plan customers — feel unheard, undervalued, and exploited, ...
RFK Jr.’s focus on vitamin A for measles worries health experts
The measles outbreak in Texas has sparked debate over the use of vitamin A, with some health experts warning it may not be ...
Child infected with measles visited 2 health care providers in Montgomery County, officials say
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, officials say a baby who has been diagnosed with measles visited two health care facilities ...
Georgia Won’t Say Who’s Now Serving on Its Maternal Mortality Committee After Dismissing All Members Last Year
Before ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, the names of committee members had been ...
Fresenius Medical Care's stock falls on Fresenius' stake sale
Dialysis firm Fresenius Medical Care shares fell 7.8% after German healthcare group Fresenius SE sold part of its stake in ...
Study says these are the top 10 states for good health care at the right cost
The study ranked Minnesota as the best state for health care, while Mississippi ranked last. New York placed 38th in the ...
20 Years Ago, Democrats Found a Way Out of the Wilderness. They Can Again.
Adam Jentleson is a former chief of staff to Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, a former deputy chief of staff to ...
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Sutter Health settles sweeping antitrust case, narrowly avoiding trial
Plaintiffs accused Sutter Health, a nonprofit, of illegally wielding its market power to drive up Californians' health care ...
Univera parent Excellus Health Care reports $25.6M net surplus for 2024
Despite operating losses, Excellus Healthcare pointed to stronger-than-expected investment returns for helping the insurer ...
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Vermont was selected for a new federal health care reform program. Under Trump, will it happen at all?
The AHEAD Model, a federal program to reform how Vermont pays for health care, faces an uncertain future. In July 2024, the secretary of Vermont’s Agency of Human Services announced that the state had ...