Column: Merck says it was “forced” to negotiate drug prices with Medicare. This is nonsense

No one really expected the pharmaceutical industry to sit back and accept when Congress authorized Medicare to begin negotiating the prices of the prescription drugs it buys for enrollees. By that standard, the federal lawsuit filed on June 6 by major drugmaker Merck falls into the no-news category of man biting dog. So too was … Read more

Aetna reveals health care denial rates in Medicare Advantage court case for New York retirees

Aetna, the insurance provider chosen to serve a lift to health care for 250,000 municipal retirees, now wants a chance to defend the plan in court. The company filed a petition on Tuesday to intervene in a lawsuit New York City retirees filed against the city and Mayor Eric Adams in Manhattan Supreme Court last … Read more