Tag: Prescription Drugs

WeightWatchers CEO who oversaw diet company's move into weight loss drugs abruptly leaves role

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — WeightWatchers is shaking up its leadership.WW International announced Friday that CEO Sima Sistani would leave her...

Medicare Advantage shopping season arrives with a dose of confusion and some political implications

Thinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall. That’s if their plan is even still available...

Tips for shopping for Medicare Advantage plans

Shopping season for Medicare coverage is about to begin. With it comes the annual onslaught of TV ads and choices to consider.People eligible...

An appeals court has revived a challenge to President Biden's Medicare drug price reduction program

NEW ORLEANS -- A constitutional challenge to the Biden administration program enabling Medicare to negotiate lower prices for widely used prescription drugs was...

High insulin prices spur a federal lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers

The federal government is suing some big pharmacy benefit managers over a system of drug rebates that regulators say has made the price...

Dealers' paradise? How social media became a storefront for deadly fake pills as families struggle

Coco loved being the life of the party — cracking jokes, doing pranks and making people laugh, her mom, Julianna Arnold, recalled recently.“Her...