Experts Foresee Big Premium Increases for Medicare Drug Plan
November 24, 2015
With time running out on open enrollment season, many seniors are facing sharply higher premiums for Medicare’s popular prescription drug... View Article Read More
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CMS May Impose Minimum Provider-Network Standards for ACA Plans
November 24, 2015
The CMS has proposed mandating minimum network standards for health plans sold on the federal insurance marketplace in 2017 as... View Article Read More
Pfizer’s Tax-Avoiding Megamerger with Allergan Sparks Outcry
November 24, 2015
A $160 billion megamerger announced Monday would turn U.S. pharmaceutical behemoth Pfizer Inc. into an Irish drug company, using a... View Article Read More
End of Medicare Bonus Program Will Cut Pay To Primary Care Doctors
November 24, 2015
Many primary care practitioners will be a little poorer next year because of the expiration of a health law program that... View Article Read More
Administration Is Seeking Ways to Keep Prescription Drugs Affordable
November 24, 2015
The Obama administration began building a political case Friday for government actions to protect people against high pharmaceutical costs, saying... View Article Read More
No Love for Obamacare, but Most in U.S. See Government Role for Health Care
November 24, 2015
They may have no love for Obamacare, but a new poll shows that more than half of Americans now think... View Article Read More
Senate Sets Up ObamaCare Repeal Bill
November 24, 2015
The Senate on Thursday fast-tracked a House-passed effort to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act. Senate Majority Leader Mitch... View Article Read More
Brown Administration Continues Efforts To Replace MCO Tax
November 24, 2015
Officials with Gov. Jerry Brown’s (D) administration say that efforts to rework the expiring managed care organization tax are ongoing,... View Article Read More
UnitedHealth’s Threat To Leave Exchanges Not Expected To Mean Much in California
November 24, 2015
UnitedHealth Group’s announcement this week that it may pull out of Affordable Care Act exchanges is not expected to have... View Article Read More
Biggest Insurer Threatens to Abandon Health Law
November 24, 2015
The biggest U.S. health insurer said it has suffered major losses on policies sold on the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges... View Article Read More