Managed care (Langhorne, Pa.)
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The new head of the FDA might as well be starring alongside Tom Cruise in the latest installment of Mission Impossible. Since being named commissioner in May, Gottlieb has said he wants the FDA to speed the approval process for generic drugs, introduce competition to drive down prices, and get the opioid crisis under control.
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The dispute centers on dueling interpretations of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act, which says a company seeking to sell a biosimilar must give the maker of the brand-name biologic at least a 180-day notice before selling its drug.
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Use of long-acting, reversible contraceptives dipped while Medicaid-covered births went up when Texas stopped state funding of Planned Parenthood.
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Forty-seven percent of the 432 respondents to our online survey said they plan to vote for Clinton, and the exact same percentage said they intend to vote for Trump. Most respondents thought Trump would do a better job making the system more efficient. A clear majority said that Clinton would do better job limiting cost shifting to consumers.
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9 million Americans buy health insurance outside the ACA exchanges. They make too much money to be eligible for subsidies and can often get coverage with a broader network of providers.