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Breaking news! Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, one of the largest insurance providers in the nation, was shot and killed this morning outside the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan, where a company conference was set to begin.

The physician group is asking the Labor Department to apply Medicare Advantage plan-type rules, which as limits on repeat reviews for patients with chronic conditions, on ERISA plans.

The bipartisan legislation could affect 275 drugs, everything from the supply of weight-loss drugs to the supply of injectable saline solutions.

The price of Wegovy, the diabetes control drug's glamorous anti-obesity sibling, may also be falling, according to a Health and Human Services report.

State insurance commissioners see “level-funded” plans – hybrid self-insured plans – pulling covered lives away.

The Treasury and Labor officials will work with HHS officials on everything from drug costs to surprise billing.