The agency has received an increasing number of complaints from patients enrolled in a low-value health plan without their knowledge. If finalized, a new rule would empower CMS to ban brokers from the ACA marketplace. 

Two weeks ago, the FTC launched a similar antitrust suit. The pharmacy benefit managers and pharmaceutical companies are accused of artificially raising drug costs through rebates and kickbacks.

Prosecutors said Ester Mbaya stole Medicare funds and took out lines of credit using falsified documents. She pleaded guilty to the charges.

Becton Dickinson & Co does not admit to wrongdoing and said the undisclosed settlement will not significantly impact its bottom line.

The suit, which includes multiple accusations of malpractice and dishonest behavior, is just the latest chapter of a story that has been making headlines for years. 

The Liberty Justice Center filed the motion on Tuesday in its ongoing lawsuit against Wyoming's Republican Gov. Mark Gordon. 

The case dates to November 2020 when Allison Mitchell was admitted at Saint Vincent Hospital for a headache that led to her losing consciousness.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing Providence St. Joseph Hospital to discourage an incident like this from happening in the future.