Dr. George Tidmarsh, director of the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, had been placed on leave last Friday pending an investigation by the HHS Office of Inspector General.

Employers cannot afford complacency or the false comfort of rate caps and blanket No New Laser provisions that disguise risk rather than manage it.

Executives at Aon and Gallagher say that the U.S. labor market still looks strong, but that big increases in U.S. health coverage costs are definitely getting employers' attention.

James Gelfand, the president of ERIC, said draft guidance the U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted Wednesday could create new competition for "biologic" medications.

"Health care inflation is still front and center for a lot of organizations due to the higher cost driven by things like increased utilization, technological advances, prescription drug cost increases ...

The new ACA enrollment period is set to run from Nov. 1 through Dec. 15 in states that use HealthCare.gov to run their web-based supermarkets for individual, family and small-group health insurance ...

In New Jersey, for example, reports say that people who buy health insurance through the state’s exchange will have an nearly 175% increase in their premiums in 2026. Nationwide about 24 million ...

According to the lawsuit, the Labor Department issued the advisory opinion after Morgan Stanley launched an extensive campaign with its law firm.

"By tackling branded pharmas and equitable pricing strategies that have left Americans carrying the financial weight of global drug innovation, the government is helping to relieve a long-standing ...

Medical costs are up 6%,, drug costs are up 10%, and there are "no signs this trend will slow," Brown & Brown's CEO says.

The biggest reduction in obesity occurred among individuals between the ages of 40 and 49 and 50 and 64 — which also, Gallup says, are the age groups with the highest usage rates of GLP-1 drugs.

The study compared changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) across 23 major metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) to provide a snapshot of short- and long-term inflation trends.