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Utah’s Abortion Ban Remains Blocked During Suit, Court Says

Utah can’t enforce its near-total abortion ban while a case testing the law’s validity under the state constitution proceeds, the state’s top court said Thursday.

Hospitals Get Boost in Medicare Payments for Inpatient Care

Medicare payments for inpatient care at acute-care hospitals will increase 2.9%, or roughly $2.9 billion, in fiscal 2025, under a final rule released Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Key GOP Lawmaker Asks Agencies to Drop Mental Health Parity Rule

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) is urging the Biden administration to abandon a rule aimed at improving mental health coverage in commercial insurance plans.

DOJ Starts Pilot to Pay Whistleblowers for White-Collar Tips

The Justice Department kicked off an initiative to offer financial incentives to corporate tipsters, dangling potentially million-dollar payouts to people with information on financial fraud, bribery, and health-care schemes.

Drugmakers, Medicare Conclude Talks to Slash Spiraling Costs

The Biden administration and the pharmaceutical industry have wrapped up the first round of landmark drug price negotiations after engaging in talks that may lead to lower prices for some of the most widely used drugs covered under Medicare.

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Lilly CEO Says Weight-Loss Drug Will Be Off Shortage Soon

Eli Lilly & Co. expects its blockbuster weight-loss drug to officially come out of shortage in the US in the coming days, the company’s chief executive officer said, threatening the billion-dollar industry of copycat versions of the in-demand drugs.

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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Big Tech Fails to Convince Wall Street That AI Is Paying Off (2)

Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc. had one job heading into this earnings season: show that the billions of dollars they’ve each sunk into the infrastructure propelling the artificial intelligence boom is translating into real sales. In the eyes of Wall Street, they disappointed.

Covid Vaccine & Personal Data: Does HIPAA Still Matter?