Politics Rachel Cohrs STAT Plus: An unlikely new 340B alliance emerges between PhRMA and community health centers
Politics John Wilkerson STAT Plus: Medicare chief on the new drug price negotiation program’s operations, hiring, and timelines
Insurance Rachel Cohrs STAT Plus: How can states keep people insured after Medicaid protections lapse? Connecticut has an idea
Politics John Wilkerson STAT Plus: By cutting insulin prices, Eli Lilly avoids paying big Medicaid rebates
Health Nicholas Florko STAT Plus: Cereal, pasta, and other food companies blast the FDA for a too-strict definition of ‘healthy’
Politics Rachel Cohrs and John Wilkerson STAT Plus: Biden administration pitches 3 big new drug pricing reform experiments
Politics Nicholas Florko STAT Plus: It’s easy to buy flavored vapes in California, even in cities with longtime bans
Politics Rachel Cohrs STAT Plus: Biden administration to fine manufacturers of 27 medicines for price hikes
Politics Joanne Silberner STAT Plus: Medicare will take R&D costs, effectiveness into account when it negotiates drug prices. But studies show that doesn’t affect prices
Politics Rachel Cohrs STAT Plus: Biden administration requests $20 billion cash infusion to bolster public health
Politics John Wilkerson STAT Plus: Biden makes drug pricing a central part of his deficit reduction plans
Politics Nicholas Florko STAT Plus: With an $11 billion price tag, the White House pitches a plan to end hepatitis C
Hospitals John Wilkerson STAT Plus: Here’s another sign the Biden administration is taking a harsher stance on hospital consolidation
Politics John Wilkerson STAT Plus: Republicans are using the FTC’s Lina Khan as an excuse for opposing drug pricing bills
Politics Sarah Owermohle STAT Plus: Key Senate committee takes first step toward tackling health workforce shortages
In the Lab Andrew Joseph Scientific institutions must embrace antiracist policies, National Academies report urges
Politics Rachel Cohrs STAT Plus: Sen. Tammy Baldwin criticizes Ascension’s for-profit investment activities, requests returns and fees info
Politics Sarah Owermohle and John Wilkerson STAT Plus: In State of the Union, Biden pitches addiction, mental health care policies as opportunities for bipartisanship
Politics Nicholas Florko STAT Plus: After nearly 4 years of deliberation, FDA punts on how to regulate CBD
Politics Matthew Perrone — Associated Press STAT Plus: New lawsuits target state restrictions on abortion pills
Politics John Wilkerson STAT Plus: The 4 biggest questions about the FDA’s forthcoming changes to accelerated approvals
Politics Rachel Cohrs STAT Plus: PhRMA terminates lobbying contract with White House official’s brother
Politics Sarah Owermohle STAT Plus: ‘Hot mess’: Abortion pills at pharmacies could face legal quagmires, especially in restrictive states
Insurance Bob Herman STAT Plus: Oscar Health’s CEO on post-hype health insurance and finally turning a profit
Politics John Wilkerson STAT Plus: With the FTC’s more expansive approach to antitrust, PBMs are in the crosshairs
Politics Rachel Cohrs STAT Plus: HHS will seek more input on its new Medicare drug price negotiations
Insurance Tara Bannow STAT Plus: Insurers hint at suing Biden administration over plans for Medicare Advantage audits
Politics Sarah Owermohle Still fuming over the federal Covid response, Republicans redirect the House coronavirus committee