Pharma Sells States On ‘Netflix Model’ To Wipe Out Hep C. But At What Price?
(By JoNel Aleccia, Barbara Feder Ostrov, and Donna Gordon Blankinship for Kaiser Health News) When a long, black bus bearing
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Health Care Redesign
Would Medicare for All Require a Middle-Class Tax Hike?
(Source – Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget) With several 2020 presidential candidates endorsing a move to single-payer health care
Read MoreThe HRA rule could be a game changer for health insurance
(By Kathy Hempstead for STAT) The open enrollment season for health insurance is close at hand, providing many people with
Read MoreReimaging healthcare for aging boomers
Humana, which manages health benefits for four million people enrolled in its Medicare Advantage plans, is partnering with Microsoft in
Read MoreIn Hamburg, ‘Gesundheit’ Means More Than A Wish For Good Health
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) HAMBURG, Germany — Researchers around the world hail Germany for its robust health
Read MoreThe unavoidable tradeoff in lowering drug prices: fewer new drugs
Although House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to lower prescription drug prices would save the federal government hundreds of billions of
Read MoreU.S. employers getting creative to offset the high cost of specialty drugs
According to a recent survey of 610 U.S. employers by advisory firm Willis Towers Watson found employers are trying to
Read MoreSome Medicare beneficiaries will have more opportunities to elect personal supports and services for 2020
Medicare’s Annual Election period also called the Medicare Fall Open Enrollment period or Fall Annual Enrollment Period for 2020 begins
Read MoreNew Executive Order Will Improve Medicare Choices
President and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) issued a statement following the release of a new executive order
Read MoreWhy Hospitals Are Getting Into The Housing Business
(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News) DENVER — One patient at Denver Health, the city’s largest safety net hospital,
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