Major Insurers Pledge $55 Million to Try to Lower Generic Drug Prices
January 23, 2020
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and others say they have agreed to invest in a nonprofit’s effort to develop and sell cheaper drugs. Read More
ACA/Health Reform Posts
Trump Says He’d Take ‘take a look’ at Changing Entitlements Such as Medicare
January 23, 2020
President Donald Trump opened the door Wednesday to overhauling entitlement programs such as Medicare, a move that could run counter to a campaign promise – and one that Democrats attacked. Read More
How Personal Will Facebook’s Health App Get?
January 23, 2020
Facebook is getting into the health care game. For now, Facebook Preventative Health is keeping it simple and relatively unthreatening. Users must opt into the feature and in return they get push notifications suggesting they engage in various preventative health measures, such as an annual physical or a flu shot. Read More
Supreme Court Denies Blue States’ Effort to Expedite ObamaCare Challenge
January 21, 2020
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an effort by Democrats to expedite a challenge to a lower court's ruling striking down a key tenet of ObamaCare, narrowing the possibility that the court takes up the contentious case this year. Read More
Insurers Deal More Blows To Medicare For All
January 21, 2020
Health insurance companies are already reporting unprecedented growth in signing up seniors to their Medicare plans for 2020, which is bad news for certain Democrats pushing single payer versions of “Medicare for All.” Read More
Powerful House Committee is Latest to Take Stab at ‘Surprise’ Billing Fix
January 21, 2020
The leaders of a powerful House committee are aiming to break through a legislative quagmire as Congress tries to deliver on the stubbornly elusive goal of protecting patients from "surprise" medical bills. Read More
Study Finds Single-Payer Health Care Plan Saves Money
January 21, 2020
As Democratic candidates propose a spectrum of health care options on the debate stage, the Medicare for all plan floated by progressive candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders offers a utopian vision of health care in America: universal coverage with no premiums or co-pays. But what about the costs? Read More
Healthcare CEOs Expected More Progress On Value-Based Care
January 21, 2020
Healthcare CEOs admit they thought they’d be further along in the transition to value-based care than they are today, a new survey shows. Read More
UnitedHealth Reports $3.7 Billion in Earnings for Q4
January 21, 2020
UnitedHealth Group Inc. says its U.S. commercial health insurance enrollment grew faster than its government plan and international health insurance enrollment in the fourth quarter of 2019. Read More
Supreme Court Will Review Decision on State PBM Price Regulation
January 21, 2020
The Supreme Court will be reviewing a decision by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals that held that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act restricts states’ ability to regulate how pharmacy benefit managers set drug prices charged to pharmacies and by extension to consumers. Read More