Health Care Reform

Several justices wrestled with the $6 billion bankruptcy plan for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield the Sackler family, who own the company, from civil lawsuits over the toll of the opioid epidemic.

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

Over the past 3 years, FTC officials have signaled they would scrutinize private equity acquisitions in health care, like the recent FTC civil lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest anesthesiology groups of monopolistic practices.

The attorney general alleges in the complaints that, "Pfizer knowingly distributed Quillivant to children on Medicaid despite the drug's pattern of failing quality control tests due to flawed manufacturing practices."

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom — political rivals from opposite coasts and proxies for red and blue America — are set to square off for a first-of-its-kind televised debate Nov. 30.

Is health coverage affordable? Depends on who you ask.