Bruce Japsen

Chicago

Senior Contributor at Forbes

Senior Contributor @Forbes. Talking healthcare & biz @WBBMNewsradio @forbesonfox. Author: Inside Obamacare & Walmart's 2nd Opinion. Adjunct @UIOWA_SJMC. Hawkeye

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Walgreens Reports Narrower Than Expected Loss Ahead Of Takeover

1 day ago | forbes.com | Bruce Japsen

Walgreens Boots Alliance Thursday reported a narrower-than-expected $178 million loss in its third ... More quarter as the struggling pharmacy chain nears the end of its long run as a publicly traded company, the drugstore chain said June 26,. 2025. In this photo is an aerial view of a sign posted outside of a Walgreens store on January 04, 2024 in San Pablo, California.
Health Insurers Vow To Simplify And Reduce Pre-Approval Process

4 days ago | forbes.com | Bruce Japsen

The biggest names in health insurance, including Cigna, CVS Health’s Aetna, UnitedHealth Group’s ... More UnitedHealthcare and Humana are among more than 50 health insurers committing to “streamline, simplify and reduce” prior authorization, the process of insurers reviewing hospital admissions and medications, companies announced June 23, 2025.
Health Insurers Take Major Accountability Step On Prior Authorization

1 week ago | forbes.com | Bruce Japsen

The nation’s biggest health insurance companies are poised to ease prior authorization, the process ... More of insurers reviewing hospital admissions and medications. Details of the changes will be announced as early as Monday, June 23, 2025. gettyThe nation’s biggest health insurance companies are poised to ease prior authorization, the process of insurers reviewing hospital admissions and medications.
Obamacare And Medicaid Popularity Hit All-Time High As GOP Preps Cuts

1 week ago | forbes.com | Bruce Japsen

Two in three Americans - an all-time high - view health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care ...
Why RFK Jr.’s Purge Of Vaccine Advisors May Increase Your Health Costs

1 week ago | forbes.com | Bruce Japsen

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks alongside President Donald ... More Trump during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 12, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Getty ImagesNews that U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Health Insurers Call Out Trump On Promise To Not Cut Seniors’ Medicare

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Bruce Japsen

The nation’s health insurance companies say legislation wending its way through the ... More Republican-controlled Congress would break a promise by Donald Trump and the GOP not to cut Medicare benefits to seniors, the lobby America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) said Monday, June 9. In this photo, U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.
AMA: Doctors And Patients Hurt By ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Bruce Japsen

The American Medical Association says legislation wending its way through the Republican-controlled ... More Congress would “take us backward” as a country by cutting health benefits for poor and low-income Americans, the group's president said Friday, June 6. In this photo, the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
Amazon, A Small Pharmacy Player, Seeks To Dent CVS And Walgreens Medicare Share

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Bruce Japsen

Amazon Pharmacy is rolling out new features in hopes of attracting more seniors covered by ... More Medicare’s drug benefit, a potentially lucrative market dominated by CVS Health and Walgreens. In an announcement Tuesday, June 3, Amazon said it is launching a new “caregiver support feature” that allows its customers to have someone else manage medications on their behalf.
As Trump Cuts Healthcare, Private Equity Gains Hold At Doctor’s Office

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Bruce Japsen

Just two in five U.S. physicians are in doctor-owned private practice as hospitals and private equity firms gobble up physician groups thanks in part to cuts in insurance payments to medical care providers that are about to get even worse.
CVS Sues Arkansas Over Law Banning PBM Ownership Of Pharmacies

4 weeks ago | forbes.com | Bruce Japsen

CVS Health Thursday sued the state of Arkansas, trying to thwart a law the healthcare company said would lead to the closure of all 23 CVS drugstores in the state. At issue is legislation known as Act 624 that was signed into law last month by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders that prevents pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from owning and operating pharmacies.