Proposing a Revolution in American Healthcare: Universal Basic Health Coverage
MIT Professors Amy Finkelstein and Liran Einav have proposed a total overhaul of the U.S. health insurance system, advocating for [...]
FTC Sues to Block IQVIA’s Acquisition of Propel Media
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is attempting to block IQVIA Holdings from acquiring Propel Media, Inc., arguing that it would [...]
Unmasking Healthcare Costs: Beyond Transparency
What You Need to Know: Policymakers have shifted focus towards price transparency in healthcare to combat escalating costs; however, merely [...]
Price Break: Cigna Welcomes Trio of Discounted Biosimilars to Preferred Drug Roster
What You Need to Know: Cigna Group's unit, Express Scripts, is adding three biosimilar versions of AbbVie's arthritis treatment Humira [...]
National AHIP Conference Provides Information on Drug Pricing and Health Policy Outlook
The national AHIP (America’s Health Insurance Plans) conference took place earlier this week. It provided important information regarding prescription drug [...]
NPC: CMS Proposed Rule Hinders Value-Based Arrangements
In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) outlines some key issues [...]
Datta: CMS Proposal a ‘Grab-bag of Issues’
Sidley Austin LLP's Meena Datta told HealthLeaders that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) latest proposal is a [...]
Bach Outlines ‘Gaping’ Loophole in Medicaid Proposal
A Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposal includes a "gaping" loophole through which drugmakers could avoid selling drugs to [...]
Proposed Medicaid Changes Aim to Foster Innovative Contracts
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is hoping to encourage greater use of innovative contracting models in a [...]
Legislation Aims to Prevent Pharma From Price-gouging During Pandemic
Two new bipartisan bills introduced by House Democrats aim to prevent the pharmaceutical industry from engaging in price-gouging on COVID-19 [...]
Waystar: Poor Price Transparency is ‘Single Biggest Issue’ in Patient’s Financial Experience
In a sponsored article on HealthLeaders Media, Waystar outlines the patient's need for more "financial clarity" during their health care [...]
U.S. Looks to Limit Out-of-Pocket Costs for Insulin Under Medicare
The Trump administration announced a new plan to limit the out-of-pocket costs for insulin to $35 month for Medicare patients, [...]
Wynne Health Group’s LaRosa Talks Drug Pricing Intiatives
Josh LaRosa, policy director at Wynne Health Group, in a new Relentless Health Value podcast highlights a number of drug [...]
AMCP CEO Cantrell Talks Health Care in 2020
Susan Cantrell, CEO of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, in a recent blog post outlines a number of key [...]
Dems Invite Insulin Affordability Advocates to State of the Union
A slate of Democratic legislators have invited insulin affordability activists as their guests to tonight's State of the Union address, [...]
A Look at California’s Plan to Make Generic Drugs
A recent report by The Sacramento Bee takes an in-depth look at California's plan to manufacture its own generic drugs [...]
Is California Planning to Sell Its Own Generic Drugs?
California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this month proposed his potential solution to reduce drug prices: have the state manufacture [...]
American College of Physicians Backs Medicare for All
The nation's second-largest doctors group, the American College of Physicians (ACP), is officially endorsing Medicare for All and a public [...]
Dems Talk Drug Prices During Debate
Presidential hopefuls discussed ways to address high drug prices during Tuesday night's Democratic debate. According to a brief by STAT, [...]
Article: Stop Putting All the Blame on PBMs
Jack Kemp Foundation's Ike Brannon and DePaul University's Tony LoSasso in a recent article published on Bloomberg Law say pinning [...]
The Problem with Preventive Medicine
By Nick Emptage The passage of the ACA in 2010 has to feel like a high-water mark for [...]
The Affordable Care Act: Perfect? Hardly.
By Debra Gordon I did a radio interview last week with KZYX public radio in Mendocino, CA. The [...]
