Nutrition, diet and Medicare Advantage plan ethics were prominent themes in this week’s episode of the Debunked podcast. MedCity News Editor in Chief Arundhati Parmar was joined by Paul Markovich , president and CEO of Ascendiun — the nonprofit parent company of Blue Shield of California. Debunked co-host Samir Batra, managing partner of Health Innovation Pitch, was away on vacation.

When he’s not scrapping medical research , Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr is keen on reducing food additives, such as artificial flavors and colors, as part of the administration’s initiative Make America Healthy Again (MAHA).

In June, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law requiring that groceries containing one or more of 40 ingredients include a warning label in addi

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