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Health Officials Assail ‘Pricing Schemes’ That Gouge Patients New York Times Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of health and human services, said Thursday that doctors and hospitals should tell […]

Cigna to spend about $52 billion for Express Scripts Syracuse Post Standard Health insurer Cigna will spend about $52 billion to acquire the pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts, the latest […]

Opioid overdoses in ERs up 30 percent as crisis worsens Washington Post Emergency rooms saw a big jump in overdoses from opioids last year — the latest evidence the nation’s […]

UnitedHealthcare Says It Will Pass on Rebates From Drug Companies to Consumers New York Times In response to growing consumer frustration over drug prices, UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation’s largest […]

The Price They Pay New York Times The burden of high drug costs weighs most heavily on the sickest Americans. Read more The Hospital’s Place in the New Health Landscape […]

Worst flu season to lift U.S. hospital operator results Reuters One of the most severe flu seasons in the United States this past decade is proving to be a shot […]

Big pharma, big data: why drugmakers want your health records Reuters Drugmakers are racing to scoop up patient health records and strike deals with technology companies as big data analytics […]

A Big Divergence Is Coming in Health Care Among States New York Times Little by little, the Trump administration is dismantling elements of the Affordable Care Act and creating a […]

Twenty states sue federal government, seeking end to Obamacare Reuters A coalition of 20 U.S. states sued the federal government on Monday over Obamacare, claiming the law was no longer […]

Even for Bezos, Fixing Health Care Will Be Hard Bloomberg Businessweek Every year, health care consumes a larger share of the U.S. economy. Read more WNY health insurers pay out […]