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And yet "it's still really early days" of conversations about artificial intelligence and ethics, Executive Director Lance Lindauer said, even as the tech seeps into more industries and use cases.
If you have never heard of PBMs, you are probably not alone. However, starting next month, Hoosiers are expected to quickly learn all about pharmacy benefit managers and how their practices are driving up the price of some prescription medicine. It is important to understand what happens during the time your medicine is manufactured and before it is dispensed. ...
By Katherine Rapin for Next City.Broadcast version by Trimmel Gomes for Florida News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration For two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, Lucy's Pizza was the only restaurant open in the central mountain town of Adjuntas. The town's 18,000 residents, like those on the rest of the island, were entirely without electricity. "No one has power, you can't get gas, it's difficult to make food, so everyone came here to eat," says owner Gustavo Irizarry. " ...
Rocky Mountain Health Plans and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, health insurance companies who offer lower-cost public option plans, have failed to meet their premium reduction targets and will face public hearings next week. At the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, Deputy Director Adam Fox said transparency on pricing - a big part of a new state law aiming to bring down overall health costs - seems to be working. "The process is creating an incentive," said Fox, "for the insurance carriers and hospitals to reduce costs." Hearings on June 20 and 22 can...
A New York nonprofit group is petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to abide by a law passed in 1968, which addresses how the FDA is supposed to inform people about non-ionizing radiation. This type of radiation is commonly found in wireless devices, like cellphones and WiFi routers. ...