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State Health Plan and Aetna leaders today visited with state employees in Winston-Salem as part of their months-long “road tour” to formally introduce the Plan’s new third-party administrator to members in every reach of North Carolina.

North Carolina Hospitals Used the Federal Safety-Net 340B Drug Pricing Program to Enrich Themselves Rather Than to Serve Vulnerable Communities
Treasurer and Team are Weighing Supreme Court Appeal
Seek Help to Lower Costs of Expensive Weight-Loss Drugs

Today, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first GIP/GLP-1 called “Zepbound” for the purpose of weight loss.

UNC Health and ECU Leave State Employees and Taxpayers with a $1 Billion Bill and Threaten the Tax-Exempt Status of the Pension Plan
High Medication Cost Leads State Health Plan to Consider Removing GLP-1 Drugs from Coverage
New Program Partners with CVS Caremark, GoodRx, to Target Some High-Cost Prescriptions, Lowering Out-of-Pocket Costs for Members