Molina Healthcare said it will buy the Magellan Complete Care line of health plans from Magellan Health for $820 million, expanding the health insurer’s Medicaid and Medicare government businesses.
Category: Policy
Mitch McConnell’s Idea To Let States Go Bankrupt Set Off A Debate That Engulfed Washington
Here’s a timeline of the ongoing debate over state and local government funding.
Maryland Gov. Hogan Takes Extraordinary Steps To Keep Feds From Confiscating COVID Tests
The federal government has reportedly been confiscating supplies brought in overseas by state governments, even as they have been left to their own devices to obtain the medical supplies they need.
Public health requires a broader, longer-term assessment of the pandemic
Many government officials have begun to lift some restrictions on elective surgeries and procedures for hospitals. This means that some of those of us in medical professions not on the COVID-19 front lines will be returning to a workload closer to the …
Rising to the moment COVID demands: How to insure all Americans in pandemic times
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented upheaval of the U.S. health care system. For decades the United States has stood out among peer nations as the only country with no universal health care system. And now we are learning just how problemati…
Lessons From Ebola: It’s Not Enough To Fight One Disease Outbreak – You Have To Build Systems That Can Prevent The Next Ones
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unparalleled example of systems failure, with adverse impacts on education, health and economic opportunity.
Stocks Fall, Dow Loses 300 Points After Coronavirus Job Losses Surpass 30 Million
Dismal economic data sent stocks lower.
Elon Musk Rants About `Fascist’ COVID-19 Closures As Another Tesla Call Veers Off Course
The billionaire CEO angrily vented about extended stay-at-home efforts that are curbing the spread of COVID-19, amping up frustration he’d expressed earlier on Twitter.
The burden of essential business: How independent pharmacies are struggling to stay open
My parents’ pharmacy is a low slung, white brick building on the corner of East and Main. The front door is strung with silver bells; a jar of red licorice sits by the cash register; automatic scooters line the front of the shop, gleaming like cars at…
Strategies for lifting COVID-19 mitigation restrictions
Over the last 100 years, the U.S. has had to respond to five avian flu pandemics. The most severe was the 1918 avian influenza infecting 1/3 of the world’s population and killing 650,000 Americans. It was also the last time wide-spread containment, mit…
