How Could a New Administration Tackle Affordable Care Act Challenges? Look to Medicare
(By Sabrina Corlette and Jack Hoadley for Health Affairs Blog, November 7, 2016) We’re experiencing another round of bad headlines
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Novel system to get dying patients an experimental cancer drug raises hopes — and thorny questions
(By Karen Weintraub for STAT) The drug was still experimental, but clinical trials suggested it could be a lifesaver for
Read MoreCourt Blocks New Nursing Home Rule From Taking Effect
(By Rebecca Hersher for NPR) A federal district court in Mississippi has issued an injunction blocking a new rule that
Read MoreCMS makes offer to clear Medicare appeals backlog: 6 things to know
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) In an effort to help clear the backlog of Medicare appeals, CMS has
Read MoreSupreme Court lets pay-to-delay ruling against pharma stand
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Cash is not always king. In a move that should settle a highly contentious legal
Read MoreCalifornia’s Drug Price Initiative: Will Voters ‘Send A Signal To Washington’?
(By Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline) This year, Mary O’Connor and her father made voting a family affair. O’Connor’s father
Read MoreThis drug discount program is good for Americans. But pharma wants to gut it
(By Ted Slafsky for STAT) Sticker shock over the cost of drugs isn’t going away any time soon. Drug prices
Read MoreReview the Plan’s Copays and Coinsurance
There is more to a plan than simply its premiums; it’s the additional expenses, such as copays, coinsurance and formulary
Read MoreSeniors Suffer Amid Widespread Fraud By Medicaid Caretakers
(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) An Alaska man developed gangrenous toes. A Philadelphia woman froze to death on
Read MoreOnly 72 Percent of Primary Care Physicians are Accepting New Medicare Patients
In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation and Commonwealth Fund survey of primary care physicians who accept Medicare found, 93 percent
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