UnitedHealth, CVS Caremark, Express Scripts sued by FTC over skyrocketing insulin prices

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UnitedHealth, CVS Caremark, Express Scripts sued by FTC over skyrocketing insulin prices
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The FTC sued UnitedHealth Group’s Optum unit, CVS Caremark and Cigna’s Express Scripts for allegedly steering diabetes patients towards higher priced insulin.

Israel kills Hezbollah leader US said was behind 1983 Marine barracks bombing that killed 241 AmericansThe case accuses UnitedHealth Group’s Optum unit, CVS Health’s CVS Caremark and Cigna ’s Express Scripts of unfairly excluding lower cost insulin products from lists of drugs covered by insurers.

CVS spokesman David Whitrap said in an emailed statement that the company has worked to make insulin more affordable for Americans and described the FTC as being “simply wrong.Auto giant recalling nearly 450K vehicles If the FTC were to succeed in forcing it and others to include drugs that have higher total net costs for health plans, “the FTC will drive drug prices higher in this country,” Nelson said.

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