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The preference for contactless payments has doubled within two years, with as many as 33% of patients preferring to use digital wallets, PayPal or Venmo.

The survey found more than half of Americans could not pay off an unexpected $5,000 health care out-of-pocket expense.

The lawsuit, which alleges that the pharmacy benefit manager colluded with Prime Therapeutics to charge higher fees, comes weeks after an independent pharmacy association launched an investigation into PBM fees.

In August, the DOL proposed to raise the salary threshold to $55,000 (from $35,568), making more than 3 million workers newly eligible for overtime pay and prompting employers to begin considering the rule's potential impact.

Lawmakers took the first step last week to address longstanding issues with how much Medicare should pay doctors, as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a 3.3% cut to Medicare payments for 2024.

Even before Rite Aid filed bankruptcy a few weeks ago, CVS and Walgreens had already announced store closures over the past two years, all of which will leave millions of consumers without easy access to their medications.

For a monthly fee, GNC Health is offering members low-cost virtual health care for urgent conditions, primary care appointments, mental health, physical therapy, and $0 prescription medications.

Several municipal employee benefit funds filed a lawsuit against the two drugmakers over allegations the companies colluded to delay the introduction of a less-expensive generic version of Merck's cholesterol drug Zetia.