Tag: Social issues

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BlackRock’s Larry Fink sees Social Security crisis, says 65 retirement age ‘a bit crazy’

BlackRock’s Larry Fink sees Social Security crisis, says 65 retirement age ‘a bit crazy’

BlackRock CEO Larry FinkTaylor Hill | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesBlackRock Chairman Larry Fink said capital markets can help solve a cri [...]
How much people are willing to spend

How much people are willing to spend

Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | ReutersDemand for weight loss drugs is bo [...]
Medicare can cover weight loss drugs if used for added health benefit

Medicare can cover weight loss drugs if used for added health benefit

Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | ReutersMedicare can start covering certai [...]
Wegovy heart health approval won’t mean broad insurance coverage yet

Wegovy heart health approval won’t mean broad insurance coverage yet

Victoria Klesty | ReutersIn the U.S., Wegovy is no longer just for weight loss.The blockbuster drug — one of a handful of weight loss treatments to sk [...]
Women’s sports executives weigh in on parity, media and NIL

Women’s sports executives weigh in on parity, media and NIL

Guard Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes listens as the crowd cheers after breaking the NCAA women's all-time scoring record during the game again [...]
Wegovy heart health approval won’t mean broad insurance coverage yet

Wegovy heart health approval won’t mean broad insurance coverage yet

Victoria Klesty | ReutersIn the U.S., Wegovy is no longer just for weight loss.The blockbuster drug — one of a handful of weight loss treatments to sk [...]
More charity money comes from ultra-wealthy

More charity money comes from ultra-wealthy

Bill and Melinda Gates brace the rain as they visit the township of Khayelitsha on October 25, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa.Brenton Geach | Gallo I [...]
Novo Nordisk Wegovy approved for cutting heart disease risks

Novo Nordisk Wegovy approved for cutting heart disease risks

Injection pens of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy are shown in this photo illustration in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 21, 2023.Victoria Klesty | Reuters [...]
Cigna to cap insurance spending

Cigna to cap insurance spending

Injection pens of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy are shown in this photo illustration in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 21, 2023.Victoria Klesty | Reuters [...]
Medicare should negotiate prices for 50 drugs each year

Medicare should negotiate prices for 50 drugs each year

President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Dec. 14, 2023.Chris Kleponis | Bloomberg | Gett [...]
CVS, Walgreens to start selling abortion pill mifepristone this month 

CVS, Walgreens to start selling abortion pill mifepristone this month 

A container holding boxes of mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale [...]
Medicaid challenges leave many Black Americans uninsured

Medicaid challenges leave many Black Americans uninsured

Recent changes to Medicaid programs, aimed at closing a health coverage gap in the U.S., have left behind some Americans — particularly people of colo [...]
Sickle cell disease gene therapies Casgevy Lyfgenia insurance cost issues

Sickle cell disease gene therapies Casgevy Lyfgenia insurance cost issues

The approval of two gene therapies to treat sickle cell disease has given hope to patients who suffer from the debilitating disease, which overwhelmin [...]
Younger generations gained more wealth than others since 2019, study says

Younger generations gained more wealth than others since 2019, study says

Younger generations grew their wealth much faster than older Americans after the pandemic began, thanks largely to stocks, according to a new study.Th [...]
FTC, HHS examining cause of generic drug shortages

FTC, HHS examining cause of generic drug shortages

A variety of generic pills and capsules. Nenov | Moment | Getty ImagesThe Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday said it is examining the role that dr [...]
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