Thursday, 12 January 2017

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Cigna drops coverage of Mylan's EpiPen in favor of cheaper generic
8:12:49 AM
Cigna will not cover Mylan's EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector in 2017. Instead, the insurer has included in its formulary Impax Laboratories' generic version, Adrenaclick, which is about $300 cheaper than EpiPen.


Senate advances budget resolution that includes ACA repeal
7:43:49 AM
It took nearly seven hours of votes and many objections from Democrats, but a resolution bill that takes steps to dismantle the Affordable Care Act received the simple majority, 51-48, it needed to pass the Senate.


Trump says drugmakers 'getting away with murder' setting high prices
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 4:47 PM
During a wide-ranging press conference Wednesday, Trump said the drug industry "has been disastrous" and new bidding procedures are needed. This signals support for allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, an issue Trump has recently...


GOP Senate to move forward on 'Obamacare' repeal
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 3:23 PM
The Republican-led Senate is poised to take a step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law despite anxiety among some GOP senators that they still haven't come up with an alternative.


Yale public health scholar Elizabeth Bradley to head Vassar
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 1:47 PM
Yale public health professor Elizabeth Howe Bradley will be the next president of Vassar College. The private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., announced Bradley's selection Wednesday.


Trump nominates insider Shulkin as head of VA, says ACA repeal will concur with replacement
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 12:22 PM
In a press conference Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump also said pharmaceutical companies are "getting away with murder" and that a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will be given "essentially simultaneously" with repeal actions.


Richard Miller, president and CEO of Virtua, to retire at end of the year
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 11:02 AM
Richard Miller, longtime president and CEO of Virtua, announced he will retire at the end of 2017 from the New Jersey-based system after 21 years at the helm.


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