during a Northern Hamilton County GOP Meeting, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Sheridan, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

TOM MURPHY

Health writer

Murphy covers how people and businesses navigate the U.S. health care system. He is a member of AP’s Health and Science team.

Paul Mack poses for a portrait in Redwood City, Calif., Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Patients struggle with lack of consistent coverage for popular weight-loss drugs

Pages from the United Healthcare website are displayed on a computer screen, Feb. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

UnitedHealth shares dive after report of US investigation into Medicare billing

CVS pharmacy and drive-thru signs are seen outside of CVS store in Park Ridge, Ill., Monday, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)

CVS Health steers through rising insurance costs in a strong fourth quarter

GeneDx CEO wants genetic testing for every newborn

A sign for Eli Lilly & Co. appears outside their corporate headquarters in Indianapolis on April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Diabetes and obesity drugs fuel Eli Lilly profit in the final quarter of 2024

A Merck scientist conducts research on Feb. 28, 2013, in West Point, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Merck 2025 sales forecast underwhelms as it pauses Gardasil sales in China

A sign points visitors toward the financial services department at a hospital, Jan. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

How to deal with fresh health insurance deductibles in the new year

This Feb. 9, 2024 photo shows a Walgreens in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Walgreens suspends dividend, breaking 90-plus year streak of shareholder payouts

Pages from the United Healthcare website are displayed on a computer screen, Feb. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

UnitedHealth tops profit forecasts but medical costs linger for health care giant

The Johnson & Johnson headquarters in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

J&J buys Intra-Cellular in $14.6 billion deal, delving further into central nervous system disorders

This Feb. 9, 2024 photo shows a Walgreens in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Walgreens tops Wall Street’s expectations as drugstore chain continues turnaround plan

A demonstrator holds up a sign while waiting for the arrival of Luigi Mangione for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Most Americans blame insurance profits and denials alongside the killer in UHC CEO death, poll finds

In this Tuesday, July 25, 2017, file photo, Express Scripts prescription medication bottles are arranged for a photo, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

For some FSA dollars, it’s use it or lose it at year’s end

This undated photo provided by UnitedHealth Group shows UnitedHealthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson. (AP Photo/UnitedHealth Group via AP)

UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance

Bullets lie on the sidewalk at the scene outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan where Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Words on ammo in CEO shooting echo common phrase on insurer tactics: Delay, deny, defend

This undated photo provided by UnitedHealth Group shows UnitedHealthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson. (AP Photo/UnitedHealth Group via AP)

UnitedHealthcare CEO kept a low public profile. Then he was shot to death in New York

Nearly 30% of US drugstores closed in one decade, study shows

FILE - The healthcare.gov website is seen, Dec. 14, 2021, in Fort Washington, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

How to shop for the health insurance plan that’s right for you

FILE - A sign marks a CVS branch on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

CVS Health bulks its board up to 16 members, adds hedge fund CEO

FILE - A sign marks a CVS branch on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

New CEO at CVS begins to build his team with a goal of reviving the struggling health care giant

FILE - This April 26, 2017 file photo shows the Eli Lilly & Co. corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Eli Lilly’s third quarter earnings miss and forecast cut lead to sharp stock drop

Pfizer rides Paxlovid sales growth to better-than-expected third quarter

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Hawaii on Election Day

FILE - The sign outside Baxter International Inc. is seen in Deerfield, Ill., July 2009. (George LeClaire/Daily Herald via AP)

Hospitals’ IV fluid shortage may impact surgeries for weeks

FILE - CVS Health President and Chief Executive Officer Karen Lynch speaks during a gathering at the Boston College's Chief Executives Club, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

CVS Health CEO Lynch steps down as national chain struggles to right its path

FILE - Signage at the corporate headquarters of Elevance Health is shown Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Elevance makes a late cut to its 2024 forecast after seeing trouble in Medicaid

FILE - A Walgreens store in Bradenton, Fla., is shown on Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Walgreens to close 1,200 stores as US pharmacies struggle to define a new role

(AP Illustration/Jenni Sohn)

Expect employers to get more picky about who you see for care

FILE - A nurse hooks up an IV to a flu patient at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston, Ga., Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Milton spares Daytona Beach, Florida, factory that’s a critical supplier of IV fluids

FILE - The sign outside Baxter International Inc. is seen in Deerfield, Ill., July 2009. (George LeClaire/Daily Herald via AP)

Helene damaged a factory that makes IV fluids