The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday revived a class action lawsuit against CVS Health Corp for overcharging generic drugs bought through insurance. The case originally was filed back in 2015 and dismissed in 2016. In 2008, CVS launched Health Savings Pass, a discount program for people without insurance needing to purchase generic [...]

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed legislation ensuring women’s right to an abortion. The bill, titled the Reproductive Health Act, establishes that women in Illinois have the “fundamental right” to an abortion. The bill repeals numerous laws that restricted women’s access to abortion such as a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, and the Illinois [...]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed into law a bill allowing foreign drug importation into the state through two programs. The bill comes alongside DeSantis’ efforts to control prices of prescription drugs in the state. Currently, it is illegal to import prescription drugs from other countries, including Canada. Drugs are typically cheaper because many [...]

North Carolina’s House of Representatives failed on Wednesday to overturn a veto of a bill that would have required doctors to try to preserve the life of any infant born alive during an attempted abortion. The override effort fell short of the required three-fifths majority by only five votes. The bill, titled the Born-Alive Abortion [...]

Veterans will have expanded access to medical care outside Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities beginning Thursday. The final rule, published Wednesday, establishes the Veterans Community Care Program under the VA MISSION Act of 2018 (MISSION Act). According to the VA’s official blog, “veterans should expect a fairly transparent and seamless transition” into the new [...]

Maine’s House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday allowing terminally ill patients to request life-ending medications from doctors. The bill passed narrowly, by only 4 votes. This marks the state’s seventh legislative attempt to allow doctor assisted death. Known as the Maine Death with Dignity Act, the bill would allow physicians to prescribe the [...]

Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a bill into law on Wednesday that will cap co-pays for insulin in efforts to address the rising costs of the drug. After approving numerous bills that day, Polis commented that HB19-1216 means the “days of insulin price gouging are over in Colorado.” Insulin prices have steadily increased over the [...]

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law multiple bills paroling seriously ill and medical frail prisoners in order to receive medical care outside prison facilities. In a press release, Whitmer announced that the bill package will reduce costs to taxpayers and address the elderly prison population more adequately. The first bill in the package is [...]

The New York State Assembly passed two bills Wednesday in efforts to obtain access to President Donald Trump’s state tax returns. The main bill, which would require New York lawmakers to release state tax returns to certain Congressional committees passed both chambers of the New York legislature on Wednesday. The complimentary bill focuses on the [...]

The Louisiana Senate on Tuesday approved a state constitutional amendment declaring that citizens do not have a constitutional right to an abortion by a vote of 31-4. The bill explicitly outlines that “nothing in this constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion.” The proposed [...]