A law that coaxed companies to lower the price of drugs came with a little-known consequence: smaller discounts for low-income health clinics.
Category: Health Insurance and Managed Care
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How a Company Makes Millions Off a Hospital Program Meant to Help the Poor
A private business has helped supercharge a controversial federal drug program. Patients and insurers have been left with big bills.
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Health Tips for International Travel: What to Know About Insurance and Medicine
What medications should you bring, what insurance do you need and how do you find a doctor? Here are health care tips if you’re traveling internationally.
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Drugmakers Paid PBMs Not to Restrict Opioid Prescriptions
Drugmakers including Purdue Pharma paid pharmacy benefit managers not to restrict painkiller prescriptions, a New York Times investigation found.
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Bipartisan Lawmakers Seek to Break Up Giant Health Care Conglomerates
New legislation would force UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Cigna to each sell their pharmacies within three years.
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Opioids Ravaged a Kentucky Town. Then Rehab Became Its Business.
In Louisa, an unbearable social crisis has become the main source of economic opportunity.
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Acadia Healthcare’s Methadone Clinics Face Fraud Complaints
Acadia Healthcare falsifies records at its methadone clinics and enrolls patients who aren’t addicted to opioids, a Times investigation found.
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‘Delay, Deny, Defend’: United Has Faced Scrutiny Over Denying Claims
The company has been accused of using algorithms to deny treatments and refusing coverage of nursing care to stroke patients.
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After UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing, Americans Express Frustration With Health Insurance Industry
The shooting death of a UnitedHealthcare executive in Manhattan has unleashed Americans’ frustrations with an industry that often denies coverage and reimbursement for medical claims.
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Brian Thompson, Health Insurance Executive, Dies at 50
He was “a truly extraordinary person who touched the lives of countless people,” the chief executive of UnitedHealth Group said.
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Who Is Brian Thompson?
Mr. Thompson managed a division that employs about 140,000 people and offers insurance plans to employers and individuals.