White House open to Medicare expansion, lower eligibility age pitch
(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said the White House is supportive of proposals for sweeping
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Health Care Redesign
Paying Billions for Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug? How About Funding This Instead?
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) If you could invest $56 billion each year in improving health care for
Read MoreLegislators reintroduce Medicare vision proposal
(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) Democratic representatives reintroduced the Medicare Vision Act of 2021 June 28 in an
Read MoreAnthem, others launch campaign to improve at-home care for kidney patients
(By Lauren Jensik for Becker’s Hospital Review) Nine healthcare organizations have launched Innovate Kidney Care, a campaign to improve at-home
Read More5 BCBS plans back pharmacy startup
(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) Five Blue Cross Blue Shield plans are funding and collaborating with Evio, a
Read MoreIn Health Care, More Money Is Being Spent On Patients’ Social Needs. Is It Working?
(By Phil Galewitz for NPR) When doctors at a primary care clinic in Philadelphia noticed many of its poorest patients
Read MoreNevada becomes 2nd state to give public option a shot
(By Lauren Jensik for Becker’s Hospital Review) Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed a bill making the state’s managed health insurance program
Read MoreWalmart adds prescription savings benefit
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Walmart is now offering a prescription drug savings program to members of its Walmart+ program,
Read MoreHumana offers their Medicare members holistic care
To boost its care-team medical facilities for their Medicare beneficiaries; Humana’s CenterWell Senior Primary Care is taking part in a
Read More‘Better Than the Hospital’: Pandemic Boosts Care for Serious Illnesses at Home
(By Stephanie O’Neill for Kaiser Health News) Late last year, Janet Yetenekian was one of the thousands of people in
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