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Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Weight loss drugs cost much more in the U.S.; PBMs win a key victory over an Oklahoma law

Biotech Simar Bajaj, Tara Bannow, Bob Herman, and Annalisa Merelli

STAT Plus: Wegovy cardiovascular study has doctors seeing new possibilities in weight loss drug

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Labor Department says UnitedHealth Group unit illegally denied emergency room, drug screen claims

First Opinion Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein

Enough with the health care policy patchwork. It’s time for universal insurance

First Opinion Keith Ericson and Tal Gross

Drug pricing and the ‘impossible trinity’ for patients

Hospitals Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Extensive review finds private equity owners jack up the cost of medical care

Biotech Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Medicare to cover more brain scans for Alzheimer’s patients

Exclusive Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in California evaded $170 million in taxes, whistleblower says

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Demand spikes in seniors, behavioral health care challenge UnitedHealth’s provider arm

Health tech Mohana Ravindranath

STAT Plus: More hospitals are billing patients as online messages surge

Health Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: How are insurers handling the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi and related scans?

A STAT Investigation Casey Ross and Bob Herman

STAT Plus: How UnitedHealth’s acquisition of a popular Medicare Advantage algorithm sparked internal dissent over denied care

Business Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers keep winning from Affordable Care Act’s risk program

Politics Josh Boak — Associated Press

STAT Plus: Biden launches a new push to limit health care costs, hoping to show he can save money for families

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Bright Health sells Medicare Advantage plans to Molina for $600 million

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Protesters slam health insurance lobby for Medicare Advantage coverage restrictions

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth wins $3.3 billion takeover of home health giant Amedisys

Health Simar Bajaj

‘We fail people’: New data on disparities in Medicaid access to opioid addiction treatment

Health Angus Chen

STAT Plus: Using its Covid know-how, Color Health aims to make cancer screenings convenient

First Opinion Aaron Birnbaum and Matthew Makansi

The staggering financial burden of giving birth — even with insurance

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Drug middlemen catch flak at another congressional hearing

First Opinion Owen Tripp

STAT Plus: How I’m helping companies think through whether they should cover GLP-1s like Ozempic for employees

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Fed up with exorbitant health costs, employers and workers are taking insurers to court

First Opinion Shira Fischer

Your health insurance may not be as good your state requires — and it’s perfectly legal

Health tech Mario Aguilar

STAT Plus: With digital therapeutics businesses flailing, the industry descends on D.C. to make the case for coverage

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth starts bidding war with $3.3 billion offer for Amedisys

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: How Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers ratcheted up profits in 2022

Health Angus Chen

After outcry, UnitedHealthcare softens prior authorization policy for colonoscopies

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: CVS warns PBM reforms ‘could lead to higher costs’