The best and worst commercial health plans in 2016
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) The National Committee for Quality Assurance released its 2016 Health Insurance Plan Ratings
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Month: September 2016
Remember The ‘Public Option’? Insurance Commissioner Wants To Try It In California
(By Chad Terhune for Kaiser Health News) With major insurers retreating from the federal health law’s marketplaces, California’s insurance commissioner
Read MoreThe curious case of the $9,500 skin gel
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Even in an age when prescription drugs are increasingly expensive, a $9,500 tube of gel
Read MoreIt’s time to call the opioid epidemic a public health emergency
(By Benjamin Bearnot & Mark Eisenberg for STAT) Last month, the Obama administration declared a public health emergenc1y in Puerto
Read MoreGood Gut Microbes: Studies Explore How ‘E. Faecium’ Fights Off Infection
(By Carey Goldberg for WBUR) We hear a lot more about our bad bugs than our good bugs — about
Read MoreCMS releases 2017 Medicare Advantage premium rates: 4 takeaways
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS announced premium rates for 2017, estimating the average Medicare Advantage premium will
Read MoreFetal tissue bank resists Republican subpoena demands, as a standoff intensifies
(By Sheila Kaplan for STAT) WASHINGTON — A House panel investigating fetal tissue research1 Wednesday voted to begin contempt proceedings against a
Read MoreThe drug industry might finally have an answer for migraines
(By Damian Garde for STAT) It often starts with the aura. Zig-zagging lines come into view, everyday light becomes searingly
Read MoreChanges to UnitedHealth Drug Formulary List Includes Biosimilar Drugs
On Wednesday, UnitedHealth announced their proposed changes to their drug formulary list which include excluding Sanofi’s insulin Lantus and Amgen’s
Read MoreAre We Reaching The End Of The Trend For Longer, Healthier Lives?
(By Richard Harris for NPR) American lives have been getting steadily longer, and since the 1960s that trend has been
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