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Hospitals Prepare To Launch Their Own Drug Company To Fight High Prices and Shortages
A consortium of hospital systems and three foundations is moving ahead with a nonprofit drugmaker that would produce some of the generic medicines health care facilities need the most.
Analysts Predict Health Care Marketplace Premiums Will Stabilize In 2019
In signs the health care market may be maturing, an analysis of insurance filings shows premiums will rise less than 4 percent on average and companies plan to market more policies in more places.
Surprised By A Medical Bill? Join The Club. Most Americans Say They Have Been
A survey by the research group NORC at the University of Chicago shows 57 percent of American adults have been surprised by a health care bill that their insurance didn’t pay for.
Ohio Medicaid Pushes For More Transparency In Prescription Drug Plans
CVS Caremark is suing Ohio Medicaid officials to block release of a report the agency commissioned to show how the pharmacy benefit manager does business, and ultimately how drug prices are set.
States Question Costs Of Middlemen That Manage Medicaid Drug Benefits
Companies that negotiate drug prices for insurance plans keep a big cut of the money. In Ohio, a battle is brewing over whether their services are worth the cost.
Under New Rules, Cheaper ‘Short-term’ Health Care Plans Now Last Up To 3 Years
A new Trump administration rule allows consumers to buy health care plans that are exempt from certain Affordable Care Act rules — and therefore cheaper.
Trump Administration Clears The Way For Short-Term Health Policies
The Trump administration on Wednesday releases its final rule on short-term health policies that don’t have the same consumer protections as plans governed by the Affordable Care Act.
Louisiana’s New Approach To Treating Hepatitis C
Louisiana and Gilead Sciences are working on a deal that would change how the state pays for expensive hepatitis C drugs, with the goal of eliminating the disease in that state.
How Drug Companies Are Controlling How Their Drugs Are Covered By Medicaid
NPR’s Alison Kodjak and The Center for Public Integrity have been looking at all the ways the drug industry tries to keep Medicaid money flowing. Here they examine how the drug industry’s massive lobbying effort in every state has blocked efforts to co…
The State Of The Affordable Care Act
The Trump administration has made more moves that may further destabilize the Affordable Care Act.
