This Panel Will Decide Whose Medicine to Make Affordable. Its Choice Will Be Tricky
(By Markian Hawryluk for KFF Health News) Catherine Reitzel’s multiple sclerosis medication costs nearly $100,000 a year. Kris Garcia relies
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‘Stunning’ change to United’s colonoscopy coverage roils physicians and patients
(By Angus Chen for STAT) When gastroenterologists learned in March that UnitedHealthcare plans to barricade many colonoscopies behind a controversial
Read moreStandardized Plans in the Health Care Marketplace: Changing Requirements
(By Karen Pollitz, Justin Lo, and Rayna Wallace for Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May 08, 2023) For the 2023 coverage
Read moreHumana, Longevity Health Plan partnering on new Medicare Advantage special needs plans
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Humana is launching new Medicare Advantage special needs plans with Longevity Health Plan
Read morePennsylvania bans out-of-pocket costs for breast cancer screenings, genetic testing
(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed legislation May 1 that will require all payers
Read moreCommunity Paramedics Don’t Wait for an Emergency to Visit Rural Patients at Home
(By Arielle Zionts for Kaiser Health News) GILLETTE, Wyo. — Sandra Lane said she has been to the emergency room
Read moreFederal lawmakers push for more Medicare benefits at home
(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A new bipartisan bill in Congress hopes to address Medicare’s looming insolvency issue
Read moreFAQs about the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program
(By Juliette Cubanski for Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 20, 2023) The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act), signed
Read moreKey senators make a big pivot on bipartisan insulin cost proposal
(By Rachel Cohrs for STAT) WASHINGTON — Amid a scramble to assemble a health care policy package in the Senate,
Read moreMedicare tests a solution to soaring hospice costs: Let private insurers run it
(By Leslie Walker and Dan Gorenstein for NPR) Hospice doctor Bethany Snider sees the writing on the wall: “The hospice
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