Alignment Healthcare reported a $40 million loss in its third quarter as the startup provider of Medicare Advantage coverage spends money to expand coverage into new markets and further grow enrollment.
Category: pharma
Evernorth Performance And Life Insurance Sale Boost Cigna Profits
Cigna reported $2.8 billion in quarterly profits thanks to the sale of the company’s life benefits business, rising health plan membership and growth of Evernorth health services.
‘Homoborgenesis’: Here Are Unfounded Claims Covid-19 Vaccinated Are No Longer Human
An attorney Todd Callender claimed that humans who have received Covid-19 mRNA vaccine are no longer human, but are instead “homoborgenesis,” and therefore have no human rights.
Humana Eclipses $1 Billion Profit On Medicare Growth And Lower Costs
Humana reported $1.2 billion in third quarter profits largely due to growth in its Medicare Advantage health plans and lower than expected medical expenses.
CVS Reports $3 Billion Loss To Cover Its Share Of Global Opioid Settlement
CVS Health reported a quarterly loss of more than $3 billion to cover its share of a global opioid settlement in the works with various states, counties and local governments.
Reports: CVS, Walgreens And Walmart Agree To $12 Billion Opioid Settlement
CVS, Walgreens and Walmart – the nation’s three largest retail U.S. pharmacies — have agreed “in principle” to pay $12 billion in a massive global settlement to resolve claims they contributed to the opioid epidemic.
Walgreens And CVS Aren’t Done With Primary Care Buying Binges
Walgreens and CVS Health aren’t done gobbling up primary care assets even after spending billions of dollars in the last two years.
Can Nose-Picking Lead To Alzheimer’s Dementia? Here’s What This Study Really Said
The study showed what can happen when Chlamydia pneumoniae goes up the nose. But there’s one key thing to know about the study: it’s very mice.
CDC Director Walensky’s Covid-19 Rebound Raises Questions About 5 Day Isolation
Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has now suffered a Paxlovid rebound of Covid-19 like Anthony Fauci, MD, and U.S. President Joe Biden did earlier this year.
CDC: Flu Season Is Here Already With Over 6,900 Hospitalizations, 360 Deaths
The cumulative hospitalization rate for influenza this past week—the 42nd week of 2022—-has been higher than the rate for the 42nd week of any year since 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
