Category: pharma

New Jersey Blues Plan Links With Two Big Health Systems To Tap Medicare Advantage

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and two of the state’s biggest hospital systems are forming a health plan specifically to tap into the fast-growing business of Medicare Advantage, the privatized health insurance for seniors.

Today’s Google Doodle: How Canadian Terry Fox Ran For Cancer Research

His legacy has included over $700-million being raised for cancer research.

Medicine’s Changing View Of Racism Towards Healthcare Professionals

Medicine has had a complicated relationship with racism directed at healthcare professionals. It appears to be changing.

Obamacare Choices Widen Even As Trump Tries To Kill Them

A parade of health insurance companies are offering individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act to hundreds of new counties for 2021 even as the Donald Trump White House pursues legal action to kill the law.

Obamacare Choices Widen Even As Trump Tries To Kill Them

A parade of health insurance companies are offering individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act to hundreds of new counties for 2021 even as the Donald Trump White House pursues legal action to kill the law.

Report: Trump Officials Altering CDC Scientific Reports To Fit Covid-19 Coronavirus Message

Trump administration officials “have demanded the right to review and seek changes” to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR) about the coronavirus pandemic, according to a POLITICO report.

Diagnostic Makers: We’ve Shipped 145 Million Covid-19 Tests In U.S. Since March

The world’s largest diagnostic test makers have shipped nearly 150 million molecular tests for the Coronavirus strain Covid-19 since March, the Advanced Medical Technology Association said Friday during its annual Medtech conference.

Centene Will Expand Obamacare To 400 New Counties For 2021

Centene will increase the number of counties it will offer individual Obamacare coverage under the Affordable Care Act to nearly 4oo new counties next year.

Poll: As Covid-19 Vaccine Nears, Public Losing Confidence In Trump’s FDA

The public is losing confidence in the Donald Trump White House and the U. S. Food and Drug Administration as vaccine makers near the end of final stage clinical trials for a vaccine against the Coronavirus strain Covid-19, a new poll indicates.

Cigna Will Expand Obamacare To 300 Counties In 10 States For 2021

Cigna will increase the number of counties it will offer individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act by 27% to more than 300 counties spanning 10 states next year.