Here are our top 20 most-read articles this year

We’re nothing without our loyal readers (yes, you!), so we wanted to highlight some of your favorite stories from the past year.

Here are our top 20 stories from 2025.

20. Here are the 20 biggest healthcare deals so far in 2025

19. Aetna’s new specialty drug policy ‘insidious’ for infusion centers, one leader says

18. Union pressures Kaiser Permanente to restart surgeries for trans youth

17. Prior authorization gold cards might need a new prescription

16. Now that digital therapeutics have Medicare coverage, the real test begins

15. Walgreens sells to private equity firm Sycamore Partners

14. Why employers are moving away from the Big 3 PBMs

13. Costco now offers GLP-1s, but that won’t have a major market shift, experts say

12. NIH rocked by budget cuts, high-level resignations, communication crackdown

11. What’s the difference between the GLP-1s on the market?

10. Sycamore Partners’s plan to takeover Walgreens ‘incredibly risky,’ analyst says

9. Signed and Scrubbed: February 2025 hospital M&A, bankruptcy list

8. 700+ rural hospitals at risk of closing

7. Walgreens private equity takeover may bring layoffs, pharmacy closures, experts warn

6. Cigna sells Medicare business to HCSC for $3.3 billion

5. How DEI rollbacks are affecting healthcare

4. HHS overturns 54-year-old public comment rule

3. DOGE comes for CMS, staffing

2. Eli Lilly switches from Big 3 PBM to alternative transparent rival

1. Healthcare union alleges Kaiser Permanente illegally uses unlicensed clerks to direct mental health care