Health Care

Six generic drugmakers are asking a federal judge in Connecticut to dismiss a 40-state lawsuit accusing them of artificially inflating and manipulating prices to reduce competition for antibiotic and oral diabetes medication.

Three U.S. Republican House lawmakers threw their support behind their party's healthcare overhaul plan on Wednesday after crafting changes to provide $8 billion over five years to shore up coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said there could be a breakthrough this week with health care.

Health insurer Humana's quarterly profit more than quadrupled, helped by a net gain associated with the terminated merger agreement with Aetna.

House Republicans signaled Tuesday that the new health care plan will cover patients with preexisting conditions.

Time was running short for President Trump to attract enough votes to pass a new bill to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system.

Molina Healthcare (MOH) ousted two of its top executives Tuesday, CEO Mario Molina and Chief Financial Officer John Molina, citing poor financial performance at the family-run business. Some of that negative performance is directly linked to ObamaCare.

Pfizer beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter profit thanks to reduced spending on operations and legal costs, along with strong sales of key new drugs and longtime blockbuster pain treatment Lyrica.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday they were closer to agreeing on a reworked bill to overhaul the nation's healthcare system but still lacked the votes to pass it, as President Donald Trump pressed lawmakers for a vote.

Aetna Inc. is reporting a first-quarter loss of $381 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.