The three major agencies are adding new health care counsels to scrutinize what the White House calls "corporate greed" in health care, such as firms "rolling up" small practices in transactions that don't meet antitrust thresholds.
These three pharmacies, along with five others, do not require a warrant before providing "extremely personal and sensitive details about a person's life" with police, wrote lawmakers to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
The health care spending growth in the United States may be settling back into pre-pandemic levels, while the insured consumers reached a historic high, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The two pharmaceutical giants, both of which manufacture COVID-19 vaccines, on Tuesday announced shakeups of their executive staffs, as Pfizer unveiled its new oncology division with $43 billion purchase of Seagen.
This latest move, which is part of the administration's "relentless efforts to fix the broken student loan system," stems from fixes to the income-driven repayment plan and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
The House of Representatives on Monday passed the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, which would ban pharmacy benefit managers from spread pricing or charging Medicaid more than they pay pharmacies for drugs.