By the time the June 13 premier rolled around, Mangione's legend had only grown, though his meaning as a national figure remains hotly debated. The Trump administration wants to give the accused CEO-killer the death penalty, while in other quarters, the 26-year-old has become an anti-corporate folk hero, a meme object, and even a sex symbol. He's reportedly been deluged with fan mail in jail, and he's already been subject of multiple documentaries.
Patients covered by UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage plans will no longer find their insurance accepted at Brown University Health's hospitals in Rhode Island starting July 1. The change comes after the insurer and Rhode Island's largest health system failed to reach an agreement to renew their contract after months of negotiation.
The Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner this week announced that three health insurers have been directed to pay fines and have taken corrective actions for violating Rhode Island laws that required the waiver of cost-sharing for COVID-19-related services during the recent public health emergency.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill says CVS went too far by using private customer data for lobbying. In response, Murrill says her office has issued a cease-and-desist letter and opened an investigation into whether CVS violated the state's Unfair Trade Practices Act.
Hospitals, physician groups, and nursing homes across 15 states will receive billions of dollars in extra Medicaid funding this year thanks to federal healthcare officials signing off on new agreements. In almost all of the new agreements, states will pay providers average commercial prices to treat Medicaid patients — a boon for providers that often decry Medicaid as one of their worst-paying insurers.
President Trump's former surgeon general blasted HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire the entirety of a federal advisory committee on vaccine guidance, saying the move jeopardizes public health and threatens public trust in health institutions. In an op-ed published by Time, former Surgeon General Jerome Adams wrote that Kennedy’s recent actions cast doubt over his pledge that, "We won’t take away anyone’s vaccines."