Category: healthcare

If Medicare Part D Redesign Ever Happens, It Could Lead To Lower Prescription Drug Prices

Build Back Better probably isn’t completely dead. Parts of it may be resurrected. Given its bipartisan support, it’s likely that Medicare Part D restructuring would constitute an integral component of any passable legislation, which would likely exert …

Risk Of Covid Hospitalization 5 Times Higher With Johnson & Johnson Shot Than Pfizer

Though less effective than Pfizer’s shot, the risk of hospitalization is still significantly higher for unvaccinated people.

Brazil Is Now Producing Its Own Covid-19 Vaccine Doses

Self-sufficiency is a prime objective

Covid-19 Pathogenesis: Spike Protein Alone Can Damage Cells

New research indicates that SARS-CoV-2 may be able to impact viral pathogenesis without entering host cells— extracellular binding of the spike protein to host ACE2 has the potential to alter both cell physiology and expression of viral proteins.

Covid-19 Pandemic Produces Shift In U.S. Policy On Providing Free Access To Tests, Vaccines, And Treatments During Public Health Emergencies

U.S. policy has come a long way from just two years ago when government officials declared that the pricing and affordability of Covid-19 vaccines should be left to the free market. Not ensuring affordability would have implied that ability to pay woul…

Price Transparency Or Price Obfuscation? Is A PBM-Backed Network Using Its Monopoly In One Business To Advantage Itself In The Next? (1 Of 2)

What happens when two organizations join forces on the promise of delivering pricing transparency for the nation…except instead of price transparency, what’s delivered is price obfuscation?

To borrow from Katherine Gehl, the system isn’t broken. It’s…

Price Transparency Or Price Obfuscation? Is A PBM-Backed Network Using Its Monopoly In One Business To Advantage Itself In The Next? (2 Of 2)

In fact, one could argue that for e-prescribing routing, it was Surescripts’ central position as a network that helped bring together disparate entities (and their disparate interests) and build a fabric of trust that enabled the adoption of the first …

Biden’s Mental Health Strategy Fits Insurers’ ‘Whole Person’ Wheelhouse

President Joe Biden’s proposal to invest more in mental health should compliment an effort by health insurers to integrate behavioral care with medical treatment.

In Photos: Young Patients Shelter In Basements As Ukraine’s Hospitals Face Critical Shortages

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the ‘moral strength’ of Ukraine’s doctors as the country asks for help in the form of healthcare workers and critical supplies like oxygen.

New Data On Covid-19 Vaccine For 5-11 Year Olds Showed Minimal Effectiveness Against Omicron Infection During Surge

Recently released data on vaccine effectiveness in 5-11 year-olds during the Omicron surge showed less promising results than anticipated.