Health Care Reform

For now, insurers and employers are still not required to cover certain free preventive care services, such as cancer screenings and HIV-preventing medications, until the federal appeals court makes its decision later this year.

President Joe Biden made health care affordability a centerpiece of Thursday evening's address, announcing he is calling on Congress to expand the $2,000 out-of-pocket Medicare prescription cap to all private insurance.

Cost Plus Drugs CEO Mark Cuban was invited to the White House, along with other business and government leaders, to discuss PBM reform, while a trade group for pharmacy benefit managers said they were not invited.

The study found that per-member per-month (PMPM) health care costs increased as the state ranking for health decreased.

In its latest update on the ongoing cybersecurity incident at Change Healthcare, the health care tech company confirmed that the attack was perpetrated by a cybercrime group called BlackCat or ALPHV.

The Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing, co-chaired by Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, launched Tuesday and will crack down on unfair and illegal pricing in prescription drugs and health care.