A Senate committee has started an investigation into the large drug price increases by Turing Pharmaceuticals and three other companies, responding to public concern about escalating prices for critical medicines. The Senate’s Special Committee on Aging requested documents and information on Wednesday from Turing, Valeant Pharmaceuticals and two other drug makers already under scrutiny for ...

After nearly two years in operation and millions of dollars spent in development, the small business health insurance exchange created by the Affordable Care Act is struggling to catch on. Nationally, about 85,000 people, from 11,000 small businesses, have coverage through the online marketplace known as the Small Business Health Options Program, or SHOP, according ...

Half of California’s undocumented immigrants — about 1.4 million — have incomes low enough to qualify for full Medi-Cal benefits should California legislative proposals to offer coverage to the undocumented ever be enacted. That is among the key findings of a Public Policy Institute of California report released Monday night which examines current policy options ...

Several California hospitals were included in Becker’s Hospital Review‘s list of 100 facilities with “great” cardiovascular programs,Becker’s Hospital Review reports. Details of List For the list, Becker‘s editorial staffers reviewed various ranking and award agencies, including: Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care; CareChex’s rankings for cardiac care; Healthgrades cardiology awards; The Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ ...

California has seen the largest decline in the number of uninsured children since the Affordable Care Act took effect, according to a report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the Public News Service reports (Potter, Public News Service, 10/29). The report was based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey ...

­ Healthcare spending grows modestly among commercially insured, except for drugs – Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events <iframe src=”//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-7TS2″ height=”0″ width=”0″ style=”display:none;visibility:hidden”></iframe> Overall healthcare spending among patients who get their health insurance from an employer grew at a tepid rate in 2014, but spending on prescription drugs jumped significantly, stemming ...