Bruce Japsen, Contributor

Walgreens Boots Alliance is expected to face questions this week about a potential effort to take the global pharmacy chain private from shareholders when they hold their annual stockholders meeting.

The new subsidiary of nonprofit generic drug maker Civica Rx and backed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans is poised to go after prescriptions that are generic yet have little competition and high prices like insulin.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurers are launching their own nonprofit drug company with Civica Rx to create alternatives to “high-cost” generics that haven’t come down in price.

Abbott Laboratories glucose monitoring device FreeStyle Libre sales are soaring as Miles White ends his two-decade run as chief executive and big technology firms from Apple and Amazon to Alphabet’s Verily try to crack the lucrative global diabetes mar…

Health insurance companies are already reporting unprecedented growth in signing up seniors to their Medicare plans for 2020, which is bad news for certain Democrats pushing single payer versions of “Medicare for All.”

Health insurance companies are already reporting unprecedented growth in signing up seniors to their Medicare plans for 2020, which is bad news for certain Democrats pushing single payer versions of “Medicare for All.”

Walgreens Boots Alliance said it is working on more ways to partner with physicians and hinted at some new deals with doctors in the works for 2020.

UnitedHealth Group reported its “strongest ever” growth in Medicare Advantage enrollment as the company added hundreds of thousands of seniors to its health plans for 2020 amid a competitive environment among rival health plans.

CVS Health is rolling out its new HealthHub format and “zero” and “low copays” for Aetna health plan members who use CVS services.

CVS Health is rolling out its new HealthHub format and “zero” and “low copays” for Aetna health plan members who use CVS services.