Health Headlines for Wednesday, August 31
More health insurance competition, choice coming for Albany small businesses
Albany Business Review
Albany’s small employers will have more options to choose from when they look to purchase health insurance for 2017.
Health insurance in New York has an Essential problem
City and State NY
The latest Affordable Care Act enrollment figures for New York reveal a troubling trend: Free and nearly free government-funded programs are crowding out private-sector plans in the state’s health insurance marketplace.
Express Scripts diabetes program aims to cap costs for customers
Reuters
Express Scripts Holding, the largest U.S. pharmacy benefit manager, said on Wednesday it will implement a program next year that guarantees per-patient spending caps on diabetes drug costs in an effort to limit soaring increases for its customers.
U.S. Funding for Fighting Zika Virus Is Nearly Spent, C.D.C. Says
New York Times
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Tuesday that federal funds to fight the Zika virus were nearly exhausted, and that if Congress did not replenish them soon, there would be no money to fight a new outbreak.
New York will approve more medical marijuana companies
Albany Business Review
Companies interested in selling medical marijuana in New York will get another shot at state approval.
I-Team: Company Behind EpiPen Fought to Keep Cheaper Generic off Market
NBC New York
The CEO of Mylan Pharmaceuticals announced the launch of its own cheaper version of the EpiPen this week on the heels of a price hike uproar. But for years, Mylan and its business partners have fought fiercely behind the scenes to block a cheaper generic from hitting the market, the I-Team has learned.