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CVS Shifts Anti-Tobacco Fight To E-Cigarettes
CVS Health will spend $10 million to fight youth use of e-cigarettes as part of its five-year $50 million campaign to curtail use of tobacco products.
How Medicaid Expansion Prevents Child Neglect
Medicaid expansion may help prevent child neglect, new research in JAMA Network Open shows.
Centene-WellCare Merger Wins Proxy Advisor’s Support
Shareholder advisor Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has endorsed Centene’s acquisition of WellCare Health Plans.
AMA Balks At Single Payer Medicare For All
The American Medical Association isn’t ready to support a single payer version of “Medicare for All,” member doctor groups say.
Blue State Seniors Like Private Medicare, Complicating Single Payer
Seniors in Democratic-leaning states are choosing private Medicare Advantage plans more so than the national average, Kaiser Family Foundation data shows.
CVS And Walgreens Are On Different Paths To In-Store Healthcare
CVS Health and Walgreens Boots Alliance are going down different paths and at different paces to providing healthcare services inside their stores.
In Mental Health Play, Anthem To Buy Beacon Health Options
Anthem will buy behavioral health services firm Beacon Health Options for an undisclosed sum from Bain Capital Private Equity and Diamond Castle Holdings.
Study: Fewer Heart Deaths Tied To ACA’s Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid expansion is linked to “lower cardiovascular mortality” in states that expanded such coverage under the Affordable Care Act, a JAMA Cardiology study shows.
Trump’s Mexico Tariffs To Hit Medical Device Makers Hard
President Trump’s tariffs could hit nearly $9 billion in medical device imports from Mexico that are produced largely by U.S.-based medtech companies.
CVS Plans National Rollout Of 1,500 ‘HealthHub’ Stores
CVS Health will expand its new health hub concept to 1,500 stores across the U.S. by the end of 2021.
