HHS Secretary: Trump Drug Pricing Plan Will Go ‘Much Further’ Than Budget Proposal

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said the administration is working on a plan to tackle high drug prices that would go “much further” than the proposals in President Trump’s budget.

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CA Lawmakers Push Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants

More than 100,000 undocumented adult immigrants in California would be eligible for state-subsidized health coverage under a major budget push announced by Assembly Democrats on Monday.

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Health Insurers Seek Big Individual Rate Hikes For 2019

Health insurers are seeking lofty rate hikes for 2019 individual coverage as they grapple with new obstacles in the Affordable Care Act marketplace, including the zeroed-out mandate penalty and the potential influx of skimpy insurance policies.

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Why AB 3087 Health Price Regulations in California are Misguided

Anger over rising health care prices is boiling over in California. But good long term results rarely emerge from a red-hot pot.

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How The Farm Bill Could Erode Part Of The ACA

Some Republican lawmakers continue to try to work around the federal health law’s requirements. That strategy can crop up in surprising places. Like the farm bill.

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Medicare Beneficiaries Feel The Pinch When They Can’t Use Drug Coupons

The coupons typically offer patients with commercial insurance a break on their copayment for brand-name drugs, often reducing their out-of-pocket costs to what they would pay for inexpensive generic drugs.

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