Health Insurance Rates On Exchange Likely to Go Up Without Congressional Action
March 29, 2018
Nevadans who purchase insurance on the health exchange and don’t qualify for subsidies from the federal government saw hefty increases […] Read More
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Aetna to Pass Discounts it Gets From Drug Companies Directly to Consumers
March 29, 2018
Health insurer Aetna will begin passing discounts it gets on prescription drugs directly to some consumers at the point of sale, the company announced Tuesday. Read More
California Assembly Pitches Alternatives to Single-Payer Health Care
March 27, 2018
California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon is refusing to advance this year a controversial single-payer health care bill that would dramatically reshape the state's health care financing and delivery system. Instead, he's orchestrating an alternative, narrower approach that seeks to achieve universal coverage and make Obamacare more affordable. Read More
California Medicaid Expansion Enrolled Hundreds of Thousands Ineligible People, Federal Report Finds
March 27, 2018
California signed up an estimated 450,000 people under Medicaid expansion who may not have been eligible for coverage, according to a report by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department's chief watchdog. Read More
Health Care Costs 30% More in Northern California Than in Rest of the State
March 27, 2018
People living in areas where there is greater consolidation among hospitals, physician groups and insurance companies pay more for health care, according to a study released Monday. Read More
CVS-Aetna Wants to be in Your Neighborhood Because Zip Codes Powerfully Shape People’s Health
March 27, 2018
Aetna chief executive Mark Bertolini heads one of the biggest health insurers in the country and is on the cusp of a $69 billion megadeal to merge his company with pharmacy giant CVS. He says the future of health care is going to depend, mostly, on the time people spend outside the grasp of the traditional medical system. Read More
Health Care Mergers and Rising Prices Under Scrutiny in California
March 27, 2018
Hospital mergers—and the effect of those mergers on medical costs—have caught the eye of California elected officials. Read More
Brand-Name Drug Prices Grew 10 Times Faster than Inflation Over Last 5 Years
March 27, 2018
As policymakers gear up to address rising drug costs, a new report highlights just how much prices have gone up in recent years. Read More
Meet the Private Man At Center Of Very Public Single-Payer Debate
March 27, 2018
Dale Fountain is an intensely private man. He won’t say where he works. One of his oldest friends can’t say for sure where he lives. His sister knows he was once married but she isn’t in the loop these days — they haven’t spoken in two years. Read More
House Holds Hearing on AHPs
March 27, 2018
The House Education and Workforce HELP Subcommittee held a hearing on Tuesday in response to the Trump Administration’s proposed rule on Association Health Plans. Read More