
News|Podcasts|February 14, 2021
Podcast: This Week in Managed Care—Biden’s DOJ Drops Opposition to ACA and Other Health News
Author(s)AJMC Staff
Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.
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Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.
This week, the top managed care news included President Biden’s DOJ reversing course in case seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act; once-weekly semaglutide and lifestyle changes slashed body weight by 15%; updates on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines and treatments.
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