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(Source – CMS.gov, 10/29/2015) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced changes to the Medicare home health

Prescription Drug Costs Remain Atop the Public’s National Health Care Agenda, Well Ahead of Affordable Care Act Revisions and Repeal

(Source – Kaiser Family Foundation) 28% of Public Report Asking Doctor about a Drug They Saw Advertised, and 12% Say

(By – Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News) There’s been a bipartisan outcry over the rising cost of prescription drugs –

(By – Lisa Gillespie, Kaiser Health News) The Affordable Care Act brought health insurance to 5.5 million women over the

(By – Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News) A large share of low-income elderly Californians have opted out of a statewide

(By – Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News) Open enrollment for the health law’s 2016 marketplace plans begins Sunday, and federal officials

(By – Michelle Andrews, Kaiser health news) When the health insurance marketplaces open on Sunday, consumers shopping for 2016 coverage

(Source – National Institutes of Health) In the last five years of life, total health care spending for people with

(By – Mary Agnes Carey and Jordan Rau, Kaiser health News) Premiums will increase an average of 7.5 percent for the second-lowest-cost silver

Described as “an essential piece of any sustainable healthcare system,” the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2015 and its role in