Medicare go-broke date extended to 2036, but warning bells continue ringing healthcaredive.com/news/medicare-… via Healthcare Dive

Judge dismisses FTC’s antitrust suit against Welsh Carson healthcaredive.com/news/ftc-welsh… via Healthcare Dive

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Another transparent pricing program from a major PBM UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx unveils new drug pricing model healthcaredive.com/news/optum-rx-… via Healthcare Dive

Concerns about higher utilization are hitting Medicaid, after comments $UNH CEO Andrew Witty made yesterday and an afternoon securities filing from $CNC. My analysis: healthcaredive.com/news/medicaid-… via Healthcare Dive

Texas' abortion ban prevented doctors from providing an abortion to a woman with a failing pregnancy—forcing her to instead pass the pregnancy on her own. She spent days in agony, vomiting and bleeding, until she passed out from blood loss and nearly died. dallasnews.com/news/public-he…

Curious about how big insurers' Medicare Advantage benefit reductions will affect the market next year? Me too!! healthcaredive.com/news/humana-cv… via Healthcare Dive

Amazon expands drug subscription program to Medicare members healthcaredive.com/news/amazon-rx… via Healthcare Dive

Woof. Bad day for $WBA - stock reaches its lowest point since June 1997 on this news: Walgreens to reduce stake in VillageMD, close stores healthcaredive.com/news/walgreens… via Healthcare Dive

CMS revised Medicare Advantage star ratings. Here’s which payers benefited. healthcaredive.com/news/cms-revis… via Healthcare Dive

FTC slams pharmacy benefit managers in first report from ongoing investigation healthcaredive.com/news/ftc-pharm… via Healthcare Dive

CMS proposes 2.9% cut to physician pay for 2025 healthcaredive.com/news/medicare-… via Healthcare Dive

Cigna CEO promises ‘aggressive’ defense of pharmacy benefit managers healthcaredive.com/news/cigna-agg… via Healthcare Dive

Judge strikes down FTC noncompete ban nationwide healthcaredive.com/news/ftc-nonco… via Healthcare Dive

CMS has received 12K complaints of No Surprises noncompliance; won $1.7M in restitution healthcaredive.com/news/no-surpri… via Healthcare Dive

PBM executives decline to revise controversial testimony to House committee healthcaredive.com/news/pbm-house… via Healthcare Dive

Express Scripts sues FTC over report damning pharmacy benefit managers healthcaredive.com/news/express-s… via Healthcare Dive