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This initiative marks the largest municipal effort to erase medical debt in partnership with nonprofit RIP Medical Debt, which buys bundled medical debt portfolios from providers, including hospitals and commercial debt buyers.

The Rural Emergency Hospital program guarantees hospitals extra cash if they provide emergency and outpatient services but end inpatient care, although just 18 out of 1,700 eligible hospitals have won the new designation.

The Department of Justice has filed a legal brief urging the high court to overturn a lower court decision that limits access to mifepristone, arguing that the ruling would disrupt the FDA's authority and harm the health-care system.

Tyson Foods, one of the first Fortune 100 companies to work with an upstart pharmacy benefit manager, has switched from CVS Caremark to Rightway, in an effort to lower drug benefits to its 140,000 employees.

Patients who have experienced severe stomach complications from the new class of GLP-1 weight loss drugs are now suing Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly alleging that the drugmakers misled doctors on the drugs' potential risks.

The new state-based initiative, which will launch in 8 states in the fall of 2024, will connect adults with mental health conditions or substance use disorders to a support system by prioritizing collaboration with primary care providers.