Category: Insurance
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TrumpRx lists Bristol Myers Squibb’s Sotyktu at $743, against $7,135.55
A 30-day supply of Sotyktu is $743 on TrumpRx, down from an original price of $7,135.55. The federal drug-discount site lists Bristol Myers Squibb’s 6 mg tablets under that figure on its Presidential deals page, with a savings of $6,392.55 and a label of 90 percent off. The Sotyktu page calls the amount an out-of-pocket…
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TrumpRx lists Amgen’s Enbrel at $3,353.93 for four autoinjectors against a $9,177.30 original price, but people on government-funded insurance cannot use it
Amgen’s Enbrel is on TrumpRx at $3,353.93, and that price comes with a rule that shuts out a large group of older patients. The federal discount site lists a four-pack of 50 mg Sureclick autoinjectors against an original price of $9,177.30, a drop of $5,823.37 that the page labels 63 percent off. The same page…
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Generic drugs are exempt from Trump’s tariff on imported patented medicines, which reached all remaining drugmakers on Sept. 29
The tariff on imported patented medicines has now reached every remaining drugmaker, and generic drugs are not part of it. A proclamation President Trump signed April 2, 2026, puts a 100 percent duty on imported patented pharmaceuticals and their ingredients, and the White House text says the duty applies to the remaining companies from Sept.…
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Texas opened an investigation into UnitedHealth over denied care, including a procedure approval it withdrew that left a patient with a large bill
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into UnitedHealth Group over care the insurer is accused of denying Texans. One example in the case is a patient who was told a procedure was approved and then received a large bill after the approval was withdrawn. His office announced the investigation on October 5,…
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Obamacare enrollment fell from 21.8 million to 19.2 million after extra subsidies expired
Obamacare enrollment shrank by 2.6 million people in a year. It fell from 21.8 million in 2025 to 19.2 million in 2026, a 12 percent drop and the first decline in seven years, according to a KFF analysis of federal data. The enhanced premium tax credits that had lowered costs for millions of enrollees expired…
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Obamacare shoppers 30 and older with incomes above 250 percent of poverty can qualify for catastrophic plans in 2027, and some plans can run up to 10 years
Catastrophic health plans, which HealthCare.gov offers to people under 30 and to people with an exemption, are opening to more older shoppers in the Obamacare marketplace. A federal rule from the Department of Health and Human Services lets people 30 and older buy one if they get a hardship exemption because their income puts them…
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Starting Jan. 1, only green-card holders, Cuban and Haitian entrants and COFA migrants among lawfully present immigrants can get Obamacare savings
A lawfully present immigrant shopping for Obamacare coverage for 2027 will find that immigration status now decides who gets help paying for it. Starting Jan. 1, 2027, the federal marketplace site says, “only people with certain immigration statuses can qualify for” savings on their plan costs, and the list is short: Lawful Permanent Residents (green…
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Senators gave State Farm, Allstate, USAA, Farmers, Liberty Mutual and American Family until Oct. 16 to explain claims closed without payment, citing over 44 percent of 2025 home claims at the five largest home insurers
Two senators have given six of the country’s biggest insurers until Oct. 16 to explain why a growing share of home and auto claims ends without a payment to the policyholder. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., sent the letters Oct. 2 to State Farm, Allstate, USAA, Farmers, Liberty Mutual and American Family.…
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Treasury began mailing $500 Obamacare refund checks Sept. 30 to about 950,000 people, with a letter that blames the Biden administration, an official told ABC News
The first of the $500 Obamacare refund checks went into the mail on Sept. 30, an administration official told ABC News, and the letter that comes with each one puts the blame for the overcharge on the Biden administration. Treasury is sending the checks to about 950,000 people, the official said. In an Oct. 1…
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Postal workers’ and retirees’ share of PSHB premiums rises 8.2 percent on average in 2027
Postal Service employees and annuitants in the Postal Service Health Benefits Program, or PSHB, will pay an average of 8.2 percent more as their share of premiums in 2027. The figure comes from the Office of Personnel Management’s highlights for plan year 2027. The overall average PSHB premium, counting what the government pays, rises 6.7…