{"id":8939,"date":"2025-12-08T23:02:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/08\/prescription-drug-cost-explosion-ghost-rates-cigna-rebate-guarantees-health-care-inc\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T23:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:02:21","slug":"prescription-drug-cost-explosion-ghost-rates-cigna-rebate-guarantees-health-care-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/08\/prescription-drug-cost-explosion-ghost-rates-cigna-rebate-guarantees-health-care-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"STAT+: Rx cost explosion, ghost rates, and Cigna\u2019s rebate guarantees"},"content":{"rendered":"

STAT+: Rx cost explosion, ghost rates, and Cigna\u2019s rebate guarantees
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This is the online version of STAT\u2019s weekly email newsletter Health Care Inc.\u00a0Sign up here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Apparently, some vets are already using GLP-1s for diabetic cats<\/a>. We are all a clinical trial or two away from \u201cOzempets\u201d becoming mainstream. But do we really want our pets to shun the treats we give them? Tips and pet thoughts here: bob.herman@statnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The crushing weight of drugs, especially GLP-1s \u00a0<\/h2>\n

For the past two-plus years, health insurers have been up to their necks in medical claims. Prices are higher. People are seeing their doctors more. All types of care are elevated, which is thinning insurers\u2019 profit margins.<\/p>\n

Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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STAT+: Rx cost explosion, ghost rates, and Cigna\u2019s rebate guarantees This is the online version of STAT\u2019s weekly email newsletter Health Care Inc.\u00a0Sign up here. Apparently, some vets are already using GLP-1s for diabetic cats. We are all a clinical trial or two away from \u201cOzempets\u201d becoming mainstream. But do we really want our pets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,2208,2209,2178,1428,2210,2211,2288,2213,153,2176,2155,2151,2144,2152],"tags":[2150],"class_list":["post-8939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-drug-development","category-drug-prices","category-government-agencies","category-health","category-health-care-inc","category-health-care-inc-newsletter","category-health-insurance","category-insurance","category-legal","category-pharma","category-pharmaceuticals","category-policy","category-politics","category-stat","tag-statnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}