GOP Pushes Obamacare Fraud Message After Tax Credit Talks Die

GOP lawmakers are emphasizing fraud in Obamacare exchanges, as the effort to extend the enhanced tax credits for people enrolled in marketplace plans appears to be dying down in the Senate.

Cigna Wins First Cir. Bias Case Over Weight-Loss Drug Coverage

The First Circuit rejected a lawsuit accusing Cigna Health & Life Insurance Co. of obesity discrimination, shutting down an attempt to broaden coverage of blockbuster GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.

US Vaccine Panel Meeting Delayed as RFK Jr. Pushed on Shots

A panel that drives US vaccine policy will delay its upcoming meeting to the middle of March, according to a person familiar with the matter, as a legal challenge over the committee’s validity plays out in a Boston courtroom.

J&J Is Said to Explore $20 Billion-Plus Sale of Orthopedics Unit

Johnson & Johnson is preparing a potential sale of the orthopedics unit that it has been planning to separate, with big buyout firms already circling, according to people familiar with the matter.

Moderna’s Covid Vaccine Targeted in New BioNTech Patent Suit

Moderna Inc.'s mNexspike Covid-19 vaccine infringes BioNTech SE’s patent on an mRNA design that uses only key portions of the coronavirus spike protein rather than the full-length version, a federal lawsuit said.

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AIG, Other Insurers Sued for Refusing to Cover Kaiser FCA Deal

An American International Group Inc. unit and other insurers were sued for refusing to cover a $556 million False Claims Act settlement involving affiliates of Kaiser Permanente that were accused of submitting invalid diagnosis codes while billing Medicare patients in order to receive higher payments.

Apex Hospice, Ex-Director Settle False Claims Retaliation Suit

Illinois-based Apex Hospice & Palliative Care Inc. and its former medical director reached a confidential settlement of a False Claims Act suit alleging the company fired her in retaliation for calling attention to Medicare fraud, a federal district court said Friday.

Beyond Abortion: The Fight Over Fetal Personhood Is Here

When do legal rights begin, at birth or before that? This video looks at the fetal personhood movement, and what it could mean for the future of abortion. We explore its history and the constitutional argument underpinning it.

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Sixth Circuit Judge Sutton to Step Back, Hand Trump Vacancy (1)

Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, who wrote notable opinions upholding both Obamacare and same-sex marriage bans, plans to step away from active status, handing President Donald Trump a rare appellate vacancy to fill as judges have been slow to retire in his second presidency.

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