Broker Regulation

Pharma's pricing power just isn't what it used to be, and it's probably not going to recover any time soon.

On Wednesday, Blue Cross of Idaho unveiled a menu of new health plans that break with federal health law rules in several ways, including setting premiums based on applicants health.

Europe's General Data Protection Regulation, which goes into effect in May, requires that all companies whose core activities include substantial monitoring or processing of personal data hire a data protection officer.

Businesses are seeking to keep the IRS from enforcement actions that would impose large penalties on employers who didnt provide health coverage to their employees. And they may have some political allies.

The technology used by Facebook, Google and Amazon to turn spoken language into text, recognize faces and target advertising could help doctors combat one of the deadliest killers in American hospitals.

The U.S. health-care industry is folding in on itself amid pressure to cut costs and defend against outsiders, and a potential deal between Walgreens and AmerisourceBergen Corp. would take two major pieces off the table.