The White House has pulled its pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hours before he was to appear for his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate HELP committee. UnitedHealth Group is the first major insurer to add a new non-opioid painkiller to its formulary. And, a new study finds that women paid nearly $9 billion more for prescription drugs than men last year. We’ll get those stories—and more—coming up on today’s episode of the Gist Healthcare podcast. 

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