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Trump rejects Biden administration plan to let Medicare cover obesity drugs healthcaredive.com/news/trump-rej… via Healthcare Dive

My story here: healthcaredive.com/news/medicare-… The CMS said the rate hike was due to cost growth in Medicare, which necessitated the higher payments. But one analyst wasn't so sure, arguing that the Trump admin "had its finger on the scale."

HHS layoffs may be illegal, legal experts say healthcaredive.com/news/hhs-layof… via Healthcare Dive

Andrew Witty steps down as UnitedHealth CEO healthcaredive.com/news/andrew-wi… via Healthcare Dive

Stopping a ‘moral obscenity’: Senate Judiciary committee expresses support for PBM reform healthcaredive.com/news/senate-ju… via Healthcare Dive

House committees advance reconciliation text with big impacts on healthcare healthcaredive.com/news/house-rec… via Healthcare Dive

Centene sued over alleged ghost network following member’s death healthcaredive.com/news/centene-g… via Healthcare Dive

“We had a choice between taking the 15 of us to New York or the 100 of you to Louisville. And we chose the latter and I’m sure you can understand why," Humana's CEO tells investors at the outset of its annual conference, alluding to the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO last year

Humana’s cautious defense of Medicare Advantage healthcaredive.com/news/humana-de… via Healthcare Dive

Health insurers, nudged by Trump administration, pledge reform to prior authorization healthcaredive.com/news/health-in… via Healthcare Dive

Oz hints at impending CMS rule to force drug price transparency healthcaredive.com/news/drug-pric… via Healthcare Dive

340B could have a new cop on the beat. Hospitals are worried. healthcaredive.com/news/340b-move… via Healthcare Dive

340B scrutiny is ramping up. Will federal policymakers advance any meaningful reforms, or will things just mostly stay the same? I’m betting on the latter. beccs healthcaredive.com/news/340b-move…

Judge dismisses Humana’s Medicare Advantage star ratings suit healthcaredive.com/news/humana-me… via Healthcare Dive

If at first you don't succeed, try try again: Humana refiles Medicare Advantage star ratings suit healthcaredive.com/news/humana-re… via Healthcare Dive

Shout-outs to Kirsten McCaffery AMCP HHS.gov Arkansas.gov Social Security NCSL Sarah Huckabee Sanders Sara Cline Jack Brook beccs Jared S. Hopkins & Gov. Kim Reynolds, whose work is referenced in 46brooklyn Research's latest drug pricing report 46brooklyn.com/research/welco…

UnitedHealth and Amedisys reach settlement with DOJ over $3.3B merger healthcaredive.com/news/unitedhea… via Healthcare Dive