75K Kaiser Permanente Workers Strike Across US More than 75K unionized employees at Kaiser Permanente went on strike Wednesday at healthcare facilities in five states, amid a dispute between labor negotiators and the company over staffing levels.... Social issues
UK: Nurses Reject Pay Offer, Plan More Strikes On Friday, nurses in the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union rejected the UK government's offer of a 5% pay increase plus a minimum £1,655 ($2,050) cash bonus and set out plans for further strikes over the first May bank holiday.... Money
US Judge Strikes Down ACA Preventive Care Mandate A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down an Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandate requiring health insurance plans to cover preventive care, including screenings for certain cancers and pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV (PrEP), at no cost to patients.... India
Novo Nordisk to Cut US Insulin Prices Previously, some US states instituted price caps on insulin, and the Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law last year, mandated that Medicare patients pay no more than $35 a month for insulin.... Prices
Report: Medicare Advantage Plans Denied 2M Prior Authorization Requests According to a report published by the non-profit Kaiser Family Foundation on Thursday, of the more than 35M prior authorization requests submitted to US Medicare Advantage Plans in 2021, 2M were either fully or partially denied by insurers Health insurance & managed care
