Pandemic Habits Could Spur US Health Spending To Decelerate Over 2 Decades, Deloitte Predicts

Dive Brief: * The growing shift from reactive to preventive healthcare could rapidly decelerate health spending over the next two decades, according to a new report from Deloitte, running counter to much more dire predictions made before COVID-19. * Previous CMS analyses estimate health spending will grow by 5.3% per year through 2028, which — if ...

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Newsom Says California Still Not Receiving Nearly Enough Vaccine Doses, Even as Coronavirus Cases Plummet

California is not receiving nearly enough COVID-19 vaccine to meet overwhelming demand, and that won’t change in the near term, Gov. Gavin Newsom conceded Monday. About 800,000 Californians are fully immunized now but millions of others who are eligible have yet to get their first doses. Newsom said the state received just over 1 million ...

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Medicare Advantage Enrollment In Chronic Illness Benefits Tripled In 2021: Avalere

More than 3 million Medicare Advantage beneficiaries chose plans for the 2021 coverage year that provide additional supplemental benefits for chronic illnesses, a major increase over the more than 1 million that signed up in 2020, a new analysis found. The analysis, released Friday by consulting firm Avalere Health, also found the number of enrollees in ...

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Republicans Seek To Pin California’s Covid-19 Problem On Biden’s HHS Pick

Senate Republicans plan to link President Joe Biden’s pick for Health secretary with California’s troubled pandemic response in a long-shot bid to sink the nomination later this month. As the state’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra enforced stay-at-home orders and other restrictions imposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, including limits on indoor religious services that outraged many ...

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Biden Administration’s Methodical Approach To Drug Price Reform

Ah, the vexing problem of prescription drug prices. As a share of healthcare expenditures, prescription drugs account for about a dime for every dollar spent. And it’s been that way for a very long time. Yet, for patients, because coverage of prescription drugs is much less comprehensive than reimbursement for hospital and physician services they feel the ...

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Uninsured Nevadans Get 90 Extra Days To Enroll With Nevada Health Link Due To Pres. Biden’s Executive Order On COVID-19

Open Enrollment has closed, but those without health insurance are getting another chance to get enrolled. The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, the state agency that connects Nevadans to qualified health plans compliant with the Affordable Care Act, has announced a 90-day Special Enrollment Period for uninsured Nevadans.

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