tag:Medicare

Wegovy, Ozempic cost a pretty penny. Many employers don’t want to pay

Kiana Price dropped 35 pounds after she started taking the weight-loss medication Wegovy last year. The Greenville, North Carolina mother no longer gets winded climbing stairs. Her knee pain is gone. And, perhaps most importantly Price, who is prediabetic, her…

Will Medicare users never pay more than $2,000 a year on drugs?

Joe Biden Statement: Starting in 2025, “no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10 to 15 thousand bucks…

States cut Medicaid enrollees added during COVID-19

A 2-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis is among the masses of Americans who lost Medicaid coverage after the pandemic. The Jacksonville, Florida, toddler needed the insurance to cover life-saving medication and doctor visits, according to a lawsuit brought by the…

Vermont’s health care providers want health insurance reform

Vermont’s health care providers have taken aim at health insurance companies, targeting excessive bureaucracy, and the practice of requiring prior authorization for needed procedures and drugs, as compromising patient care and increasing costs, even though prior authorization is intended to…