Broker Regulation

The most serious and urgent concerns that need to be addressed are the affordability of health care, health insurance and prescription drugs, according to a survey of more than 2,000 adults.

Purdue Pharma LP acknowledged in a letter that the maker of the opioid painkiller Oxycontin is in negotiations with state attorneys general over lawsuits accusing the company of creating a public-health crisis with its mishandling of the drug.

In early October, an executive at one of the nations largest physician-practice management firms handed her bosses the equivalent of a live grenade a 20-page report that blew up the company and shook the world of managed care for poor patients across California.

Earlier this month, House Republicans proposed eliminating the orphan drug tax credits, one of many financial incentives for drugmakers intended to spur development of medicines for rare diseases.

Passing a bipartisan Obamacare stabilization bill wouldnt do much to cushion the blow from repealing the health laws requirement that all individuals buy health insurance, the Congressional Budget Office says.

Azar, the nominee to be the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, today told Democratic senators that he will agree with them about many issues but will probably disagree with them about the Affordable Care Act.