
What We're Reading: Americans Have a Mostly Negative View of Pharma Industry
What we're reading, August 31, 2016: 51% of Americans have a negative view of the pharmaceutical industry; the CDC is running out of funds to fight the Zika virus; and Pennsylvania chooses 3 private companies to manage Medicaid plans.
A Gallup poll has found that just 28% of Americans have a positive view of drug makers, while 51% have a negative view.
The coffers for fighting the Zika virus are running dry. CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, announced Tuesday that the CDC is out of money to fight Zika and that Congress needs to “do something,”
Private companies will manage Medicaid plans for 420,000 people in Pennsylvania. The contracts with the 3 companies are part of the state’s overhaul of how nursing home stays, home care, and other supports for the elderly and physically disabled are paid for,
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