Consumer Driven Health Care

As the legality of a 15-week ban on abortions is being debated in court, the state's legislature is considering a bill which would allow abortions past six weeks only when the mother's life was in danger, or in cases of rape or incest.

Because of the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare will have the ability to negotiate lower prescription drug prices with manufacturers - and will release the negotiated fair prices for the first 10 drugs September 1.

In the wake of the FTC's recent $1.5 million settlement with GoodRx for disclosing health data with Facebook, lawmakers have introduced legislation and have sent letters to other telehealth providers.

The new law, which makes it illegal to "prescribe, dispense, distribute, sell or use any drug" for performing an abortion, will take effect July 1.

The federal agency has lowered prices for 27 prescription drugs, including Minocin and Humira, with the cost difference being billed to drug makers.

Last week, the judge heard arguments in a case that will decide the safety of mifepristone, one of the drugs in the two-pill regimen that has been used by 5.6 million women since 2000, according to the FDA.