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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Director Rohit Chopra is making a sweeping change to address medical debt that now touches some 100 million Americans, and the new rules are expected to be unveiled later this year.

Sen. Bernie Sanders released a report on the problems facing the retirement system, as advocates of DB plans and proponents of DC plans squared off in search of solutions for employees without a retirement plan at work.

Two of the nation's largest pharmacy chains announced plans on Friday to begin selling mifepristone in states where abortion is legal, after receiving certification to dispense the pills following a FDA regulatory shift last year.

The three health insurers have been hit with lawsuits by the Healthcare Justice Coalition NJ, which claims that doctors are paid just a fraction of their bills for out-of-network services provided.

With the new independent contractor standard, the U.S. Department of Labor is "essentially putting their thumb on the scale to encourage a finding of employment," Baker & Hostetler partner Todd Lebowitz said.

The state AGs sent a letter to Senate and House leaders, highlighting the urgent need for federal action to mandate that pharmacy benefit managers increase transparency into their practices by sharing pricing with health plans.

Concerns that the mergers raise consumer prices and reduce access to health care have sparked the state-level scrutiny, as the FTC has been slowing the rapid pace of acquisitions and consolidations at the federal level.

President Biden's battle against high drug prices, part of the Inflation Reduction Act, is intended to give Medicare patients immediate relief and, in the long term, to regulate what drugmakers charge for their products.