Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Latest:

KFF Poll Shows Three in Ten Adults Turn to Social Media or AI for Health Information, with Lower-Income Adults More Likely to Cite Cost and Access Barriers as a Reason
From the Revolution to today: Addressing Veteran homelessness
ACA sees 3M+ enrollee drop: 5 notes
Veteran homelessness continues downward trend: 56% since 2010
31 House Democrats press CMS on Medicare prior authorization pilot

Part D/Prescription Drugs

Insurers could save $4B by switching where patients take specialty drugs, United Health says

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Shifting specialty drug administration away from hospital settings could reduce expenses by $4

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Physicians were more likely to prescribe opioids later in the day and when

(By David Armstrong for STAT and Jeff Ernsthausen for Propublica) This story is a collaboration between STAT and ProPublica. Purdue

(By Steven Findlay for Kaiser Health News) Whether Congress will act this year to address the affordability of prescription drugs

Every year between October 15th and December 7th, Medicare beneficiaries can enroll in, drop, or change Medicare Advantage plans and

Medicare spending on a per-beneficiary basis rose sharply in 2018 and is anticipated to accelerate with the influx of baby

(By Dave Davies for NPR) More than 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, and a growing number of

(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) HHS will restock the country’s supply of smallpox vaccines through a $170 million

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Americans and Canadians are seven times more likely to fill a prescription for

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Allergan agreed to pay $5 million to settle allegations that it helped fuel