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☆ DOJ calls for Google to sell Chrome and HomeGoods highlighted on TikTok: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Trump’s plans for his first day in officePresident-elect Donald Trump plans to waste little time when he begins his second term in office. But much of Trump’s Day One goals will likely focus on stopping illegal immigration, the centerpiece of his candidacy. Chrome, which Google launched in 2008, provides the search giant with data it then uses for targeting ads. Additionally, the DOJ said that Google should be prevented from entering into exclusionary agreements with third parties like Apple and Samsung. These are some of the quirky items TikTok users have discovered during trips to their local HomeGoods stores.

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“Far too often, patients relying on federal government health care programs are forced to accept bureaucratic, one-size-fits-all coverage,” Crapo said. But Trump’s lack of specificity about health care could empower Oz to fill in the blanks. Oz said on an AARP questionnaire: “We can expand Medicare Advantage plans. If Oz is confirmed and chooses to push more people into Medicare Advantage, as he has pitched, he may not have too hard a time. “In our focus groups, people say they’re satisfied with both traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage, and they make their choices based on different preferences,” Neuman said.

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☆ Social Security beneficiaries to soon receive notices revealing the size of their 2025 benefit checks
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Westend61 | GettyA new 2.5% cost-of-living adjustmentIn 2025, retirement benefits will increase by about $50 per month, on average, according to the Social Security Administration. Medicare Part B premiums are often deducted directly from Social Security checks. Beneficiaries can also request to have Medicare Advantage or Part D premiums deducted from Social Security benefit payments, according to Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security and Medicare analyst. Income changes may prompt higher taxesSocial Security beneficiaries may request to have withholding for federal taxes deducted from their benefit payments. Social Security benefits are taxed on a formula called combined income — the sum of adjusted gross income, nontaxable interest and half of Social Security benefits.

Persons: Joe Elsasser, Mary Johnson, Jim Blair, Brian Vosberg Organizations: Getty, Social Security Administration, Social Security, Medicare, Centers, Services, Social, Premier Social Security Consulting, Security, Vosberg Wealth Management Locations: Glendora , California

Plus, not all of his Fox News picks are for Cabinet roles. A TV doc to oversee health insurance for 160 million-plus AmericansDr. Mehmet Oz outside of a polling location during the primary election in Rockledge, Pennsylvania, on May 17. In between failed bids for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2016, Huckabee hosted a show on Fox News. Homan was actually the first of Trump’s picks to be announced from the Fox News orbit. An anti-mainstream conspiracy theorist and author to oversee health policyRobert F. Kennedy Jr. in New York in May.

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President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he will nominate Mehmet Oz, a former Pennsylvania Senate candidate and TV doctor, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, faced criticism in 2020, for promoting the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19. Oz’s TV show aired from 2009 until 2022, when he made an unsuccessful bid for Senate. Trump made an appearance on Oz’s television program, “The Dr. Oz Show,” during his 2016 presidential campaign to reveal the results of his physical examination. Trump’s announcement comes as the agency for the first time negotiates drug prices on the costliest prescription drugs under Medicare.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mehmet Oz, Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Oz, John Fetterman Organizations: Pennsylvania Senate, Medicare, Services, of Health, Human Services, Democrats, Children’s Health Insurance, Medicaid, CMS Locations: Pennsylvania

☆ Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead massive Medicare, Medicaid agency CMS
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz — celebrity TV host and former U.S. Senate candidate — as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator. Oz previously hosted "The Dr. Oz Show," a syndicated daytime television program for more than a dozen years. "America is facing a Healthcare Crisis, and there may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again," Trump said in a statement Tuesday. Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake. "He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country's most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation's Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget."

Persons: Mehmet Oz, Donald Trump, —, Trump, Oz, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Sen, John Fetterman, Dr, Chiquita Brooks, LaSure Organizations: Republican U.S, U.S, Senate, Medicare, CMS, Children's Health Insurance, Health, Human Services Department, Republican, Healthcare, Agency Locations: Rockledge , Pennsylvania, U.S, Pennsylvania, America

☆ Trump taps Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

AdvertisementPresident-elect Trump has tapped Dr. Mehmet Oz, tv celebrity and surgeon, to run the agency. Trump said Oz will "cut waste and fraud" in the agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid. Oz ran for Senate in 2022 and does not have experience leading a large government bureaucracy. President-elect Donald Trump has named Mehmet Oz, a television personality and surgeon, to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. The CMS oversees Medicare and Medicaid, among other services.

Persons: Trump, Mehmet Oz, Oz, Donald Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr Organizations: Medicare, Agency, Healthcare, Department of Health, Human Services, Pennsylvania Senate Locations: Pennsylvania

☆ Trump names Dr. Mehmet Oz to head Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Kate Sullivan | Alayna Treene | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —President-elect Donald Trump has picked Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon and television personality, ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2022 in Pennsylvania with Trump’s backing. In 2018, Trump appointed Oz to the Presidential Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, reappointing him to the position in 2020. Oz rose to fame as a frequent guest of Oprah Winfrey, eventually launching his own syndicated daytime TV talk show in 2009. Through “The Dr. Oz Show,” which won several daytime Emmy awards and reached millions of viewers, Oz became one of the most well-known doctors in the country.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mehmet Oz, Oz, ” Trump, Sen, John Fetterman, Trump, Oprah Winfrey, CNN’s KFile, ” Oz, Oliver Darcy Organizations: CNN, Centers, Medicare, Services, Senate, Democratic, Presidential Council, Sports, GOP, Seattle Times, Columbia University Locations: America, Pennsylvania, Covid

☆ How RFK Jr's war on obesity in the age of Ozempic could shake up the booming weight-loss industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s proposed appointment to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services could have big consequences for a booming weight-loss market. AdvertisementHis likely appointment comes at a pivotal moment for the weight-loss industry, as long-lasting shortages of drugs like Ozempic come to an end. When Farmbox launched in 2014 to deliver healthy food boxes and educate consumers about nutrition, "nobody wanted to invest in us," Tyrner-Dolce said. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty ImagesKennedy's crusade against Big Food could run up against Trump's pro-corporation agenda, though. AdvertisementWeight-loss companies could get more attention — at a costKennedy's focus on holistic chronic disease care, including obesity care, could see a renewed funding rush to the space.

Persons: Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, he's, Obama, Ashley Tyrner, Dolce, Farmbox, FarmboxRx, Michelle Obama, SAUL LOEB, Kennedy's, Jeff Nobbs, Nobbs, Doug Mills, Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr, podcaster Joe Polish, Brooke Boyarsky Pratt, There's, Knownwell Pratt, Pratt, John Stanford Organizations: Human Services, US Department of Health, National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, Trump, Big Pharma, Senate, Novo Nordisk, Centers, Medicare, Services, Getty, Street, Department of Health, US Department of Agriculture, Shack, Business, Big Food, Trump's, KFC, McDonald's, Fox, FDA, Moderna Locations: Pennsylvania, Washington

☆ RFK Jr. is Trump's pick to lead HHS — here's what he could do with that power
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

Kennedy will likely have some influence over who the president-elect chooses for those roles, health policy experts said. Ultimately, Kennedy's influence over immunization policy could lead to an increase in diseases preventable by vaccines, several health policy experts told CNBC. Investors are already bracing for a crackdown on food policy, with shares of processed food companies, such as Pepsi and Coca-Cola , falling on Friday. Seigerman said "there is little precedent in recent history for HHS policy dictating or affecting FDA regulation or approval of drugs." In 2023, pharmaceutical companies spent nearly $3 billion on advertising for the 10 most promoted drugs.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Thomas Machowicz, Donald Trump, Kennedy, Trump, trifecta, Spokespeople, Brandon Guerrero, Christina House, Gostin, Josh Michaud, Lawrence Gostin, Michaud, he's, Genevieve Kanter, Kanter, Covid, Richard Frank, Frank, Evan Seigerman, Seigerman, Dave Latshaw, Latshaw, Drugmakers, Joe Biden's, Amy Campbell Organizations: Reuters, Department of Health, Human Services, Republican, HHS, Affordable, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, Centers, Medicare, Services, CNBC, CVS, Los Angeles Times, Getty, Health Defense, NBC News, FDA, NPR, Georgetown University, CDC, Vaccines, Children, Kennedy, NIH, University of Southern, Brookings Schaeffer Initiative, Health, pharma, RFK, BMO Capital, Pepsi, Trump, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law Locations: Phoenix , Arizona, U.S, Compton, Huntington Park, Kennedy ., University of Southern California

“I think Bobby Kennedy’s views on vaccines are dangerous, but I don’t think that most Americans share them,” she said in remarks previously reported by The New York Times. Kennedy told NBC News a day after the election that he would not take away people’s vaccines. Kennedy has also indicated that the Trump administration would ban fluoride in drinking water and eliminate ultra-processed foods. Trump last week announced that he intends to nominate Kennedy for the Cabinet post. “They’ve been catching, you know, making waves, headlines.”“Let’s just calm down and wait to see what happens,” she added.

Persons: Caroline Kennedy, bashed, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump’s, Bobby Kennedy’s, ”, Robert Kennedy, “, ” “, Bobby Kennedy, Kennedy, Trump, Tulsi Gabbard’s, elect's, Trump’s, “ They’ve Organizations: National Press Club of Australia, Department of Health, Human Services, The New York Times, NBC, Trump, of Health, Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, Centers, Medicare, Services, NBC News, FDA Locations: U.S, Australia, America

Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesPresident-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House is poised to have big impacts on consumer health care. CMS, in turn, administers the Affordable Care Act marketplace and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), among other endeavors. A spokesperson for Trump's transition team did not respond to a request from CNBC for comment about the President-elect's health policy plans. Still, it's a 'big' gamble to forgo health insurance Around 3.8 million people will lose their health insurance if the subsidies expire, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. Short-term health insurance plans offer coverage for limited amounts of time, and typically on fewer medical services than comprehensive coverage.

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☆ Doctors say RFK Jr.’s anti-Ozempic stance perpetuates stigma and misrepresents evidence
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Meg Tirrell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Sanjay Gupta Reports: Is Ozempic Right For You?” at 8 p.m. Sunday, November 17, on CNN. Even as they agree that it’s important to address growing rates of diabetes and obesity, doctors in that field say Kennedy’s plans miss the mark. Not everyone with obesity will want the drugs, and for some, they may have strong side effects such as nausea. Doctors who treat people with obesity suggest that fixing the food system shouldn’t be mutually exclusive with using weight-loss medications, when appropriate. “But a lot of his thinking is like ‘A plus B plus C plus miracle, and you’ve got an answer.’”

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The Summary Trump plans to tap Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his health and human services secretary. Kennedy has spread misinformation about vaccines, fluoride, raw milk and other topics. Kennedy has also referred to the Covid vaccine as “the deadliest vaccine ever made,” despite data showing it’s overwhelmingly safe. As many as 30 states allow raw milk to be sold, but the FDA regulates its sale across state lines. But Kennedy has cast doubt on those findings, claiming without evidence that the drugs were discredited because various groups stood to make money off Covid vaccines.

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☆ How we're thinking about Eli Lilly after Trump picked obesity-drug critic RFK Jr. to run HHS
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Shares of obesity drugmaker Eli Lilly fell more than 4% on Friday, extending a roughly 3% slide in Thursday's session. Ozempic is the posterchild of the fast-growing GLP-1 class, in which Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are currently the two dominant players. Bottom line Eli Lilly has been our favorite drug stock for years thanks to its stellar pipeline led by GLP-1s. But, at this point, Kennedy's nomination requires us to be more cautious on Eli Lilly in the near term. Eli Lilly and Company, Pharmaceutical company headquarters in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain.

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President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Trump, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. "I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS)," he wrote. "For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health." Donald Trump Jr. also shared the news on X. Azar replaced the first Trump-appointed health secretary, Tom Price, who resigned over his use of private jets for government business, costing U.S. taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Millions of Americans risk losing subsidies next year that help them pay for health insurance following President-elect Donald Trump’s election win and Republicans’ victory in the Senate. Even Democratic control of the House likely won’t save the subsidies, he added. As of Thursday afternoon, House Republicans had won 209 seats, just nine short of the majority, according to an NBC News tracker. In 2024, more than 20 million people got health insurance through the ACA, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. “This means fewer people will know their rights under the law and many will not sign up for ACA health care plans.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, —, Trump, Chris Meekins, Raymond James, “, ”, Meekins, Cynthia Cox, Cox, ” Cox, Lawrence Gostin, ” Gostin, Gostin Organizations: Republicans ’, Senate, American, Republicans, White House, GOP, HHS, NBC, Centers, Medicare, Services, Congressional, Trump, CBO, Congress, O’Neill Institute for National, Global Health Law, Georgetown University, ACA Locations: Southern, KFF

☆ Drug costs, abortion, Obamacare: How Trump and Harris could change U.S. health care
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +18 min

He said a Harris administration "will build on existing programs, increasing federal spending to make health care more affordable for people." Still, Socal said a Trump administration wouldn't have much flexibility to dismantle or scale back the law without change from Congress. The IRA extended enhanced subsidies that made ACA health plans more affordable for millions of households through 2025 — a provision Harris plans to make permanent if elected, her campaign said. A Democratic House or Senate would likely block any of Trump's sweeping changes to Medicaid, according to Altman. Vance this month also said a future Trump administration would defund Planned Parenthood.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Trump, Drew Altman, Harris, KFF, Anna Moneymaker, Biden, Joe Biden's, Mariana Socal, Socal, didn't, Stephen Patrick, KFF's Altman, Nathan Posner, Altman, Bill Clark, Roe, Wade, Joe Raedle, Stacey Lee, Johns, Lee, mifepristone, Sen, JD Vance, Trump's, Vance, Nicholas Kamm Organizations: Democratic, U.S, U.S . Naval, Getty, Reuters, CNBC, Congress, The Commonwealth Fund, RAND, U.S . Department of Health, Human Services, Washington , D.C, Republicans, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Trump, wouldn't, Biden, Medicare, Emory University, Lawmakers, Affordable, ACA, Medicaid, Democrats, White, Anadolu, Social Security, Capitol, CQ, Inc, The New York Times, Siena College, PBS, Prime, Convention, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Republican Party, U.S . Senate, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, CNN, Afp Locations: Israel, Washington, U.S, Washington ,, Canada, Jacksonville , Florida, Ohio

☆ This top concern of U.S. retirees is a 'huge risk factor,' says retirement expert—here's how to plan for it
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

"Long-term care costs are completely outside of our health-care system. Medicaid is a needs-based health-care program, and eligibility requirements to receive long-term care under the program vary from state to state. "You might think about the average duration of long-term care along with the average costs to build a long-term care fund." Long-term care insuranceThe middle path involves buying insurance designed to help pay for long-term care. This can include long-term care insurance or whole life insurance with a long-term care rider.

Persons: Christine Benz, Morningstar, Spencer Look, CNBC's, SurveyMonkey, Yusuf Abugideiri, Yeske Buie, they'll, Gerika Espinosa, you'd Organizations: Medicare, Morningstar, Care Survey, Benz, Medicaid, Centers, Services, American, Aging, Administration for Community, American Association for, Care Insurance, CNBC Locations: U.S, Vienna , Virginia, Salt Lake City , Utah

The Department of Justice should investigate four of the nation’s biggest operators of youth residential treatment facilities for civil rights violations and fraud, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., argued Wednesday in letters to Attorney General Merrick Garland. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., led a two-year probe into residential treatment facilities for at-risk youth. Wyden said these were clear violations of federal Medicaid rules prohibiting residential treatment facilities from restraining children to discipline them, and from simultaneously restraining and secluding children. Acadia and UHS have both paid multimillion-dollar settlements in recent years to resolve DOJ probes into their hospitals and psychiatric centers. However, those cases did not focus on youth facilities run by the companies, which Wyden is asking the DOJ to investigate.

Persons: Sen, Ron Wyden, General Merrick Garland, Wyden, Healthcare —, ”, Mandel Ngan, Devereux, UHS, “ It’s, ” Leah Yaw, ” Acadia, ” Vivant, Wyden’s, ” Wyden, “ Organizations: Justice, NBC News, — Universal Health Services, Acadia Healthcare, Behavioral Health, Healthcare, DOJ, Getty, Senate Finance Committee, ”, Centers, Medicare, Medicaid Services, Administration, Children, Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC Locations: Acadia, AFP

☆ CVS is under pressure and considering a breakup. Here's why that could be risky
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | Annika Kim Constantino Covers The Biotech | Pharmaceutical Industry For Cnbc Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

It’s time for a wellness check at CVS Health. But Caremark, in some cases, also funnels drug prescriptions to CVS retail pharmacies, he said. He said a spinoff of CVS’ retail pharmacies would be more likely. A general view shows a sign of CVS Health Customer Support Center in CVS headquarters of CVS Health Corp in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, U.S. October 30, 2023. Those actions will help the company achieve its target of 100- to 200-basis-points margin improvement in its Medicare Advantage business, CVS executives said in August.

Persons: Caremark, ”, eMarketer, Rajiv Leventhal, Karen Lynch, Lynch, Brian Kane, “, ” Jefferies, Brian Tanquilut, Elizabeth Anderson, Anderson, it’s, eMarketer’s Leventhal, ” Tanquilut, Ann Hynes, Tanquilut, “ they’re, they’re, Michael Cherny, Cherny, Faith Ninivaggi, Reuters Cherny, CVS, Tom Cowhey Organizations: CVS Health, CVS, CNBC, Aetna, Monday, Glenview Capital, Glenview, Evercore ISI, UnitedHealth, Humana, Walgreens, Street Health, Oak, Health, Mizuho, Amazon, Walmart, Oak Street, Leerink Partners, Affordable, Medicare, CVS Health Corp, Reuters, Centers, Medicaid Services Locations: U.S, Caremark, Aetna, Texas and Illinois, Woonsocket , Rhode Island

☆ ‘Greed, greed, greed’: Sanders demands Ozempic maker lower prices
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Meg Tirrell | Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“We are very committed to making sure that Americans have access at an affordable price point for our medicines,” Jorgensen replied. Similarly, Wegovy’s list price is $1,349 in the US, but it costs $186 in Denmark, $140 in Germany and $92 in the United Kingdom, he said. Tuesday’s hearing boiled down to a familiar argument over who is responsible for the US’s higher prices: drug companies that set starting – or “list” – prices or pharmacy benefit managers, the middlemen that negotiate discounts on those list prices in exchange for favorable insurance coverage and access. Jorgensen said Novo Nordisk pays back about 75% of its medicine sales in rebates, discounts and fees, so the net price it receives is far lower than the list price. “The broad totality is that less patients have access to our medicines when we lowered the price,” Jorgensen told Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, after she pressed him to reduce list prices.

Persons: Sen, Bernie Sanders, ” Sanders, Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, ” Jorgensen, “, Sanders, Jorgensen, it’s, Maggie Hassan, drugmakers, ”, PBMs, scot, ” Sen, Tim Kaine, Roger Marshall, Eli Lilly, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Tammy Baldwin Organizations: CNN, Nordisk’s, US, Health, Education, Labor, Pensions, Yale, Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic, Novo Nordisk, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, Nordisk, Novo Nordisk’s, Federal Trade Commission, CVS, Cigna’s, Republican, Wegovy’s, CNN Health, Medicare, Services Locations: United States, Danish, America, Canada, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, New Hampshire, Big, Virginia, Kansas, Novo, Wisconsin

Wegovy, the blockbuster weight loss treatment from Novo Nordisk , tops the list of drugs that could soon become part of the second round of price negotiations between manufacturers and Medicare. The Biden administration last month announced new negotiated prices for the first 10 Medicare Part D drugs selected for the talks. He also pushed back on Medicare price negotiations when asked about the potential selection of Wegovy and Ozempic, calling the talks "price-setting" that will have negative consequences for drug innovation. Medicare Part D doesn't cover weight loss treatments unless they are approved and prescribed for another health condition. We'll be following the next round of Medicare drug price negotiations closely, so stay tuned for our coverage.

Persons: Wegovy, Hollie Adams, Biden, it's, Novo, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, Lars Jorgensen, Ozempic, Piroschka Van De Wouw, Jørgensen, Semaglutide, We'll, Annika, annikakim.constantino Organizations: Novo Nordisk, Reuters, Specialty Pharmacy, Centers, Medicare, Medicaid Services, Health, Education, Labor, Capitol, CMS, Wall Street, GSK, Astellas Pharma, Epic Systems Locations: London, Britain, Novo, Washington , U.S

☆ Cuomo expresses sympathy for Covid-19 victims, criticizes Trump’s pandemic response in contentious hearing
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Clare Foran | Gloria Pazmino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The hearing focused in on nursing home deaths and a controversial March 2020 directive from the New York State Department of Health on hospital discharges and nursing home admissions. “You own this,” Republican Rep. Brad Wenstrup of Ohio, chairman of the subcommittee, told Cuomo at the outset of the hearing. The former governor has defended his handling of the pandemic, saying that the state followed federal guidelines. New York State Attorney General Letitia James issued a report in 2021 finding that the New York State Department of Health undercounted Covid-19 deaths among nursing home residents by approximately 50%. The New York health department undercounted the number of Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes by thousands during Cuomo’s time in office, an audit conducted by state officials found in 2022.

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Harris hasn’t yet released many details about her strategy to wipe out medical debt, but policy experts say a newly implemented medical debt relief program from North Carolina could offer a roadmap. Roy Cooper announced that nearly 100 hospitals in the state had signed on to participate in the Medical Debt Relief Incentive Program, which he said will incentivize hospitals to eliminate $4 billion in medical debt for 2 million low- and middle-income patients over the next two years. At a campaign event last week in Raleigh, North Carolina, Harris thanked Cooper for canceling medical debt in his state, and Cooper introduced Harris at the convention Thursday. Hospitals will get additional federal funds if they forgive existing debt and move to prevent future medical debt. “I see medical debt as the most salient example of a health care system which isn’t working,” he said.

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