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. .
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 be accessed through the Colorado Division of Insurance website, doi.colorado.gov. " .
In 1968, Congress passed a law requiring the Food and Drug Administration to minimize people s exposure to wireless radiation, but the agency dropped the ball, according to a new petition filed by a coalition of consumer advocates. The group wants the FDA to evaluate the public s exposure to radio-frequency radiation emitted by things such as cellphones, laptops, tablets, routers, game consoles and smart meters. Doug Wood, founder and national director of Americans for Responsible Technology, spearheaded the petition. .
Whether it s Hurricane Ian, Fiona or other weather disasters, people are being warned about donating to fraudulent charities. Scams have become common during disaster relief efforts, according to national and state watchdog agencies. Kristen Johnson, director of communications at the Better Business Bureau of Connecticut, shared some red flags: Be wary of any unsolicited text messages, and check what percentage of your donation goes to the cause. .
Evidentiary hearings are underway in a Washington, D.C., courtroom this week, to decide if a massive lawsuit against the cellphone industry will be allowed to go to trial. Multiple families are suing most of the major wireless companies and their trade association, asking for hundreds of millions in damages, claiming cellphone use causes brain tumors. Monique Solomon Martinazzi, a plaintiff whose husband Andy passed away at age 43, said he had a brain tumor which developed right where he used to hold his cellphone. .