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statnews.com > 04/02/2026 > medicare-advantage-star-ratings-changes-18-billion-windfall-health-insurers

Medicare Advantage plans win extra $18.6 billion as feds cut star ratings measures

48+ min ago  (264+ words) Bob Herman is a business of health care reporter at STAT. He covers hospitals, health insurance, and other corners of the industry " with a goal of explaining and shining light on the massive amount of money flowing through the system....

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statnews.com > 04/02/2026 > microplastics-in-water-epa-contaminant-list

EPA to put microplastics on study list of contaminants in drinking water

2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (737+ words) The'Environmental Protection Agency'on Thursday proposed including microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could eventually lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin…...

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statnews.com > 04/02/2026 > readout-loud-podcast-biotech-investors-fda-trump-eli-lilly-psychedelics

Biotech investors' plea to Trump, and a busy M&A week

3+ hour, 29+ min ago  (196+ words) By Elaine Chen, Adam Feuerstein, and Allison DeAngelis How has the Food and Drug Administration's recent decisions on rare disease drugs affected investment trends? Why is Eli Lilly getting into sleep medicine? And where did Allison go on her vacation?...

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statnews.com > 04/02/2026 > drugmakers-white-house-negotiating-deals-drug-prices

Small drugmakers, facing threat of tariffs, negotiate pricing deals with White House

3+ hour, 25+ min ago  (135+ words) Small drugmakers, facing threat of tariffs, negotiate pricing deals with White House'statnews.com Small drugmakers, facing threat of tariffs, negotiate pricing deals with White House Officials seek to replicate strategy used with larger companies in bid to lower prices Daniel…...

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statnews.com > 04/02/2026 > trump-pharma-tariffs-100-percent-on-some-imported-drugs-exemptions

Trump announces 100% tariffs on brand-name drugs, with plenty of carveouts

3+ hour, 26+ min ago  (157+ words) Trump announces 100% tariffs on brand-name drugs, with plenty of carveouts'statnews.com Trump announces 100% tariffs on brand-name drugs, with plenty of carveouts The taxes won't apply to many large drugmakers or to some of the U.S.' biggest trading partners Daniel Payne reports…...

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statnews.com > 04/02/2026 > fda-ai-breakthrough-medical-device-stat-health-tech

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5+ hour, 1+ min ago  (11+ words) FDA's evolving view of what makes a "breakthrough' device'statnews.com...

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statnews.com > 04/02/2026 > health-care-cuts-congress-reconciliation-dhs-funding-dc-diagnosis

How health care could gum up Trump's reconciliation push

6+ hour, 41+ min ago  (98+ words) How health care could gum up Trump's reconciliation push'statnews.com How health care could gum up Trump's reconciliation push You're reading STAT's D.C. Diagnosis newsletter John Wilkerson is a Washington correspondent for STAT who writes about the politics of health care....

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statnews.com > 04/02/2026 > how-fda-stance-breakthrough-ai-medical-device-evolving

Beyond detection: In the age of clinical AI, what counts as an FDA 'breakthrough' medical device?

14+ hour, 22+ min ago  (244+ words) Katie Palmer is a health tech correspondent at STAT covering telehealth, clinical artificial intelligence, and the health data economy " with an emphasis on the impacts of digital health care for patients, providers, and businesses. She previously led health and science…...

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statnews.com > 04/02/2026 > biotech-news-foundayo-is-here-o-novo-responds

Lilly's obesity pill enters the oral GLP-1 game, Novo responds

9+ hour, 9+ min ago  (210+ words) Meghana Keshavan is a biotech correspondent at STAT and co-writer of The Readout newsletter. She joined STAT in 2016. She has written about the life sciences industry for more than a decade. Before that, she worked for news outlets like Thomson…...

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statnews.com > pharmalot > 04/02/2026 > trump-tariff-plans-lilly-obesity-pill-layoffs

Pharmalittle: We're reading about Trump tariff plans, FDA's OK for a Lilly obesity pill, and more

9+ hour, 27+ min ago  (462+ words) Ed Silverman is a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, and has covered the pharmaceutical industry for three decades. Prior to joining STAT at its founding in 2015, he worked at The Wall Street Journal, The Star-Ledger of New Jersey,…...