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FILE - This Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, file photo, shows signage in front of Aetna Inc.'s headquarters in Hartford, Conn. A federal judge has rejected health insurer Aetna’s plan to buy rival Humana for about 34 billion and become a major player in the market for Medicare Advantage coverage. U.S. District Judge John Bates said in an opinion filed Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, that he largely agrees with federal regulators who contended that such a combination would hurt competition. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Judge denies Aetna takeover of Humana

by Tom Murphy Associated PressJanuary 23, 2017

FILE - This June 30, 2011, file photo, shows the Eli Lilly and Company corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. Eli Lilly said Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, that its potential Alzheimer’s treatment, solanezumab, failed in another large clinical study, ending hope that researchers had finally found a drug that can slow the fatal, mind-robbing disease. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Another failure in search for treatment to slow Alzheimer’s

by Tom Murphy Associated PressNovember 23, 2016

In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, photo, Shelley Ewalt sits in her home, in Princeton, N.J., near an amber-colored CVS pharmacy prescription bottle, right, and two uniquely designed red ones from Target. After CVS took over operation of Target's drugstores earlier this year, distraught customers have been asking the drugstore chain to bring back the retailer’s red prescription bottles, which came with color-coded rings, labeling on the top and prescription information that was easier to read. Ewalt tweeted to the drugstore chain, asking if there was any chance they might return to the design of the Target bottles, which she found easier to open. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Unhappy Target customers send strong message on pill bottles

by Tom Murphy Associated PressSeptember 27, 2016

FILE - This Oct. 10, 2013, file photo, shows an EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector, a Mylan product, in Hendersonville, Texas. Mylan, now in the crosshairs over severe price hikes for its EpiPen, said Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, it will expand programs that lower out-of-pocket costs by as much as half. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)

Mylan offers more help paying $608 EpiPen price

by Linda A. Johnson Associated Press, and Tom Murphy Associated PressAugust 25, 2016

Kirk Smith poses for a photograph on June 8 in Lufkin, Texas. Smith’s insurance company, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, is the only insurer in his county and it is requesting average premium increases of nearly 60 percent for 2017.

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Proposed premium hikes rattle consumers paying their own way

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated Press, and Tom Murphy Associated PressJune 13, 2016

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, file photo, a naloxone nasal injector is demonstrated during a news conference at the Oakley Kroger Marketplace store, in Cincinnati, to announce the supermarket chain's decision to offer the opioid overdose reversal medicine without a prescription. It is becoming easier for friends and family of heroin users or patients abusing strong prescription painkillers to get access to naloxone, a powerful, life-saving antidote, as state lawmakers loosen restrictions on the medicine to fight a growing epidemic. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Heroin, painkiller overdose antidote getting easier to buy

by Tom Murphy Associated PressJune 3, 2016