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Since many people don't use statins, vaccines, or COVID-19 therapies, and many choose to smoke cigarettes and eat the wrong food, life expectancy has dropped in the U.S., says the FDA commissioner.

Since 2013, Congress has voted 13 times to postpone billions in Medicaid funding cuts prescribed by the Affordable Care Act, siding with hospitals over their claims that losing the money would hinder the delivery of care.

For the health system to endure, physician groups and hospital systems might look more closely at the bills they send patients and the collection tactics they use or health insurers might reconsider the HDHPs they sell.

Coverage of Ozempic and Wegovy could conservatively drive employer spend up by 25% annually, so to give the new drugs the best opportunity to have the best effect, employers must think comprehensively and long-term.

A small but growing list of big-name companies are calling employees back to their desks four days a week, as experts advise executives to carefully consider what they're trying to achieve with in-office requirements and to be intentional about that.

Opill's manufacturer, Perrigo, said it wants to make the pill "accessible and affordable" and it's still unclear if it can be covered by insurance, although advocates are pushing for the feds to make no-cost coverage without a prescription a requirement for all over-the-counter contraceptives.

Even as COVID-19 wanes, lawyers representing the health care sector predict their days in court aren't about to end soon, as lawsuits abound questioning public health policies and hospitals' authority on mask and vaccine use.

The hospital chain, which announced last week that the breach affected 11 million patients, "knew or should have known" that the private information it collects is "highly sought after by criminal parties," plaintiffs wrote in one complaint filed last week.