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Battle begins over Tennessee's pharmacy benefits manager law
5+ hour, 41+ min ago (439+ words) (The Center Square)" CVS Health followed through quickly on its promise to sue Tennessee if Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill requiring the company to divest its pharmacy benefit management arm, filing a lawsuit in federal court shortly after the…...
Board suspends Camp Mystic co-owner's nursing license
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (444+ words) (The Center Square) - The Texas Board of Nursing has suspended the nursing license of Mary Liz Eastland, a co-owner of Camp Mystic, the flooded all-girls camp in Hunt, Texas, where she was listed as the registered nurse, supervising nurse, camp…...
Less cigarette smokers, less tax money to Wisconsin's general fund
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (245+ words) (The Center Square) " Quitting smoking has health benefits but the trend of less Wisconsin residents smoking cigarettes led to a nearly $370 million drop in cigarette tax last fiscal year, which ended in June 2025. That amounted to an 8. 2% drop in tax…...
Prescription board bill advances without money
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (420+ words) (The Center Square) " Illinois may soon have a prescription affordability board to impose price caps on drugs, but questions are being raised over the proposed board's potential effectiveness and lack of budget appropriations. Senate Bill 3496 was filed in February to…...
$2 M defibrillator plan for public schools proposed after cardiac arrest death
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (445+ words) (The Center Square) " Two years ago, 13 North Carolina students suffered cardiac arrest while at school, one of whom died." Now, two state lawmakers want to ensure that all public schools " roughly 2, 500 in total " stock defibrillators." The legislation, which has already…...
Op-Ed: Oversight faps in federal drug program put Illinois" independent practices at risk
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (694+ words) The Center Square...
Pro-life orgs 'horrified' by Coloradan girl's death after abortion
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (573+ words) (The Center Square) "After an unredacted autopsy showed that an 18-year-old girl's death was caused by a 2nd-trimester abortion she received at a Colorado Planned Parenthood, pro-life groups spoke to the fatal consequences of radicalized abortion policies stating that taxpayers…...
Arizona deploys AI tool to detect Medicaid fraud
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (838+ words) (The Center Square) - Arizona is turning to artificial intelligence to tackle waste, fraud and abuse in Medicaid. Gov. Katie Hobbs unveiled what she called a first-in-the-nation A. I. tool at a press conference on Monday, where she said it will "superpower [the…...
Trump Rx expanding, offering generic prescription drugs
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (281+ words) (The Center Square) " Trump Rx is expanding to about seven times its current size, adding more than 600 generic prescription drugs to the months-old direct-to-consumer government website, the president said Monday. The website was created as part of President Donald Trump's…...
Proposed law would require women's restroom on construction sites
1+ week, 1+ day ago (540+ words) (The Center Square) " Construction companies across Illinois may be required by law to provide female employees with separate bathroom facilities and stock menstrual products under a bill being considered in Springfield. Though the bill was still in the process of…...