Healthcare Costs Rise, Regenerative Food Grows, Lilly Cracks Down

August 14, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes.

Today's top stories:

JG Wentworth survey finds 92% of US adults have delayed or abandoned medical care due to cost, creating an opening for lower-cost consumer health models
Regenerative farming products hit $2B in annual US retail sales as 40 global food companies sign onto an initiative tying sourcing to soil health
Eli Lilly files six lawsuits against sellers of unapproved retatrutide as CBP intercepts nearly 90,000 illicit GLP-1 vials in July alone

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