Consumer Driven Health Care

Once the pandemic subsided, there was a spike in gene therapy approvals, with four therapies released in 2022, which sent a clear message that the Food and Drug Administration is reshifting its focus to progressive therapies, such as a new therapeutic treatment of glaucoma.

In response to the country's workplace mental health crisis, new programs are looking to take support a step further providing employees with in person, virtual and self-directed formats along with care navigators to help them in their ever-evolving mental health journey.

Hospital system pricing is closely related to mergers and acquisitions, as consolidations drive up already inordinate health care costs, according to the attorney general of North Carolina, where health care is a leading cause of personal debt.

While Biden's proposed regs on short-term plans are likely to go into effect this year or early next, the House-passed CHOICE Arrangement Act – a "cash for coverage" option — is unlikely to win favor in the Senate.

The California Medical Association's lawsuit alleges Aetna had fired or threatened to fire doctors who referred patients to out-of-network physicians.

Since many people don't use statins, vaccines, or COVID-19 therapies, and many choose to smoke cigarettes and eat the wrong food, life expectancy has dropped in the U.S., says the FDA commissioner.