Health Headlines For Wednesday, January 16
New York state budget: What you need to know
Democrat & Chronicle
Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out his proposed budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year on Tuesday, proposing to increase aid for schools and health care.
Walmart opts to leave CVS partnerships over pricing dispute
Reuters
CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) said on Tuesday Walmart Inc (WMT.N) is leaving its network for commercial and Medicaid prescription drug plans after the two companies failed to agree on pricing.
Lower Prescription Drug Prices – for Everyone
U.S. News
A 2018 poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 80 percent of Americans thought prescription costs were unreasonable, and the high costs have been found to cause patients to alter the way they take their medication, or to not take it at all.
You can now get your hospital’s price list. Good luck making sense of it.
NBC News
Hospitals have posted the prices of their services. Good luck making sense of them.