Democrats’ new logic on drug pricing: Developing slightly fewer medicines is OK if it means lower prices
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers in recent weeks have begun to advance an argument long seen
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Health Care Redesign
States Try A Gentler Approach To Getting Medicaid Enrollees To Work
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Under pressure from the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania legislature to require Medicaid recipients to work
Read MorePharma 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
Read MoreWould 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
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