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Connecticut Health Care NewsFederal judge blocks Trump rule requiring drug prices in TV ads
A federal judge Monday thwarted one of the Trump administration’s key efforts to address rising drug prices by blocking a rule that would have required drug makers to include the list prices of their medicines in television ads. Three drug manufacturers — Merck, Eli...
Mental health parity bill signed into law
Beginning in 2021, Connecticut insurance providers will have to submit annual reports detailing their coverage of mental health and substance abuse services. The push toward greater transparency is aimed at ensuring the companies comply with state and federal mandates...
Health care of thousands in CT at stake as court set to hear ACA case
A federal appeals court is about to hear oral arguments in a case that could invalidate the Affordable Care Act, which would imperil health care coverage for tens of thousands of people in Connecticut. About 111,000 residents purchase their insurance through Access...
Trump Fixates On Drug Prices As Campaign Looms
President Trump was apoplectic about drug prices once again. A Wall Street Journal story in early January, picked up by Fox News, reported that prices on hundreds of drugs were going up — a slap in the face to a president who had campaigned on lowering costs and...
Hearing on MMH’s appeal of cardiac lab denial set for July 25
MANCHESTER — The Office of Health Strategy will hear Manchester Memorial Hospital’s appeal of the application denial to establish a cardiac catheterization lab and angioplasty services. The hearing of oral arguments will take place July 25 at 1:30 p.m. in the second...
Pelosi wants feds to negotiate drug prices — even for private insurers
As House Democrats hash out a proposal empowering the federal government’s top health official to negotiate lower drug prices, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is taking it a step further and pushing a plan that could benefit even those Americans with private health...
Legislative leaders press health commissioner on religious vaccine exemption
Legislative leaders ramped up pressure Thursday on the state’s new commissioner of public health, asking her to take a formal position on the hot-button issue of vaccine exemptions. Should Connecticut remove the religious exemption from state law like Maine recently...