American Health Line rounds up the latest health care news in the states.

U.S. News & World Report last week released its Best States for Aging list, which ranks all 50 states on how they address the needs of older adults. See how your state fared on our interactive map.

A new Institute for Clinical and Economic Review report found drugmakers between 2017 and 2018 increased the prices of seven drugs without clinical evidence to justify the increases, costing patients and insurers more than $5 billion—but drugmakers are questioning the report's accuracy.

About 25% of U.S. health care spending annually is wasteful, according to a study published Monday in JAMA. See where all the money goes on our interactive charts.

President Trump last month quietly signed into law a bill closing a loophole in Medicaid's drug rebate program that critics say allowed drugmakers to underpay rebates to state Medicaid programs.

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D), who is seeking the 2020 Democratic nomination for president, on Monday released a plan intended to lower U.S. prescription drug costs that calls for allowing federal officials to negotiate the prices of drugs covered by some public health plans, capping some U.S. residents' out-of-pocket costs for drugs, and more.

President Trump on Friday issued a proclamation that could deny immigrants' visas if they cannot prove they can afford to cover their medical expenses or that they will be enrolled in health coverage.

To navigate an increasingly complex and at times overwhelming health care system, patients are turning to hospital ombudsmen and private patient advocates to navigate their care.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma in a blog post published Monday in Health Affairs announced that accountable care organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program generated $739.4 million in net savings in 2018.

While politicians often blame drugmakers and insurers for high U.S. health care prices, "hospitals are by far the biggest cost in our $3.5 trillion health care system," Elizabeth Rosenthal, a physician and editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News, writes in a New York Times opinion piece.