Federal Trade Commission

• 'Pay to delay' generic drugs can be illegal

  By JESSE J. HOLLAND  |  June 17, 2013

  The Supreme Court ruled Monday that deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors, which government officials say keep cheaper forms of medicine off the market, can be sometimes be illegal and therefore challenged by federal officials in court.

• High court weighs drug companies' generics policy

  By Jesse J. Holland and Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press  |  March 25, 2013

  The Supreme Court struggled Monday with whether it should allow federal officials to challenge deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors that the government says could keep cheaper forms of medicine off the American market for longer periods of time.

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  High court weighs generic drug policies

  By JESSE J. HOLLAND  |  March 25, 2013

  Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs. They argue these deals deny American consumers, usually for years, steep price declines that can top 90 percent.

• Higher prescription prices attribute to unnecessary drug regulations

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  March 8, 2013

  With expanded health insurance and Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, drug coverages also will increase, and unnecessary regulations will add to prescription drug costs, according to a new study from the National Center for Policy Analysis.

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  First lady’s anti-obesity campaign prompts change

  By Darlene Superville, Mary Clare Jalonick  |  February 27, 2013

  Wal-Mart is putting special labels on some store-brand products to help shoppers quickly spot healthier items. Millions of schoolchildren are helping themselves to vegetables from salad bars in their lunchrooms, while kids' meals at Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants automatically come with a side of fruit or vegetables and...

• High court rules against Georgia hospital merger

  By The Associated Press  |  February 19, 2013

  The Supreme Court has dealt a setback to a deal between two private companies that left one as the owner of the only two hospitals in a southwestern Georgia city.

• 1 in 5 consumers had credit report error

  By Marcy Gordon  |  February 11, 2013

  One in five consumers had an error in a credit report issued by a major agency, according to a government study released Monday.

• Top 10 states with the least competitive health insurance markets

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  December 11, 2012

  According to a new report from the American Medical Association, a “significant absence of health insurer competition” is present in 70 percent of metropolitan areas. These states are the worst.

• High court weighs Georgia hospital merger

  By The Associated Press  |  November 26, 2012

  The Supreme Court is questioning a monopoly on hospital services in southwestern Georgia.

• FTC sending refunds over CVS overcharges

  By The Associated Press  |  September 4, 2012

  The Federal Trade Commission says it is mailing refund checks to 13,000 Medicare beneficiaries who were overcharged for drugs because a CVS Caremark Corp. business understated the price of the products.