CVS, government urge federal judge to bless settlement pact

Dive Brief: The government, CVS and interested parties including the American Medical Association, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Consumer Action and U.S. PIRG filed briefs Friday seeking to sway a federal judge’s thinking on whether the government’s proposed settlement of CVS’ acquisition of Aetna is in the public interest. Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District… Read More »

Obama Alums Tell Health Insurance Lobby “Medicare For All” Won’t Happen – MAPLight.org

This story was produced in conjunction with Tarbell.org, a Philadelphia-based investigative news site. A decade after the nation’s biggest health insurance lobby spent more than $ 100 million on a campaign to defeat President Barack Obama’s signature health care reform law, Obama’s former top strategist told the organization’s executives that “Medicare for All” likely won’t… Read More »