Tag: Social issues
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
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
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
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
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 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
A variety of generic pills and capsules. Nenov | Moment | Getty ImagesThe Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday said it is examining the role that dr [...]
Banks ask for help protecting customers from online romance scams
The banking industry is seeking help from the federal government and the social media industry to stop an escalating crisis that's costing Americans b [...]
Higher medical costs are pinching CVS, UnitedHealth
A UnitedHealth Group health insurance card is seen in a wallet, Oct.14, 2019.Lucy Nicholson | ReutersGood afternoon! Health insurers are feeling the [...]
Medicare drug price negotiations: Judge tosses PhRMA lawsuit
Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building on October 06, 2022 [...]
Merck, J&J, Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs face Senate drug price hearing
(L-R) Joaquin Duato, CEO of Johnson & Johnson, Robert Davis, CEO of Merck, and Chris Boerner, CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb, testify before the Sena [...]
Biogen drops Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm to focus on Leqembi, others
The Biogen headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023.Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBiogen on Wednesday said it wil [...]
WWE boss Vince McMahon sued over alleged sexual assault, trafficking
Vince McMahon attends a press conference at MetLife Stadium on February 16, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.Michael N. Todaro | Getty ImagesWWE bo [...]
Retail CEO turnover soars, fewer women hold CEO jobs
Michelle Gass, chief executive officer of Kohls Corp., at the National Retail Federation Inc. annual honors in New York, Jan. 12, 2020.Bess Adler | Bl [...]
WWE boss Vince McMahon sued over sexual assault, trafficking
Vince McMahon attends a press conference at MetLife Stadium on February 16, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.Michael N. Todaro | Getty ImagesWWE bo [...]