Wednesday, June 3, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses Medicaid work requirement rules, the risk of rural hospital closures, and CVS Health's formulary updates regarding weight loss drugs.

The Trump administration advances Medicaid work requirement rules, a new report warns hundreds of rural hospitals are at risk of closure, and CVS Health adds Eli Lilly’s weight loss drugs back to its formulary. Those stories and more on today’s episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Gist Healthcare Daily

Topics covered

• Medicaid work requirements
• rural hospital closures
• weight loss drugs
• healthcare policy
• CVS Health
• Eli Lilly

Keywords

• Medicaid
• rural hospitals
• CVS Health
• Eli Lilly
• weight loss drugs
• healthcare news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trump administration, CVS Health, Eli Lilly

Places: rural hospitals

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