Mary Mayhew, a former health commissioner under Maine Gov. Paul LePage, started yesterday as the director of the federal office that directly oversees Medicaid.
Why it matters: The Trump administration is focused intently on reframing Medicaid as something closer to a welfare program, and has arguably made more significant conservative...
The death of Dan Best, the Department of Health & Human Services Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Drug Pricing Reform, is raising eyebrows among independent pharmacy owners and industry insiders.
For the seven years prior to joining HHS, Best worked as a Corporate Vice President overseeing trade and industry...
Let’s check in with poor ol’ Rite Aid, the little drugstore that couldn’t.
Over the past year and half, Rite Aid has sold off 2,000 stores to Walgreens Boots Alliance, scuttled a proposed merger with Albertsons, and watched its stock price drop from nearly $9 to about $1. Yikes.
Rite Aid’s...
