UnitedHealth issues new, lower 2025 profit forecasts
Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences…
Medicare Savings Programs face cut, hospitals and insurers report Q2 results
Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences…
He took an ALS drug before getting sick — and it may have worked
For over an hour, Jeff Vierstra lay still in Columbia University’s ALS clinic, as a doctor poked him…
Rescission package vote casts shadow over health care initiatives
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans early on Friday morning passed legislation to take back money they had already appropriated…
We’re reading about GLP-1 drugs for addiction, FDA funding
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was relaxing and invigorating,…
Sarepta Therapeutics lays off one-third of workforce in drastic cost-cutting move
Adam Feuerstein is a senior writer and biotech columnist, reporting on the crossroads of drug development, business, Wall…
Hospitals brace for Medicaid cuts, Humana’s latest Medicare doctor bet
Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences…
Medicaid fight puts partisan mistrust at heart of health care policy issues
WASHINGTON — Republicans’ first major policy bill this year was a partisan affair: They cut Medicaid funding by…
FDA focuses attention on rejected drug decisions
Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at…
What’s in Trump’s tax-cut bill: Medicaid cuts, rural health fund, ACA
This article was updated on July 3 with House passage of the bill. WASHINGTON — House Republicans passed…