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Private health insurance drives up costs
Because of private health insurance, buying heath care services is unlike buying products on Amazon...
Republican Medicaid reform proposals devastating
As a pediatrician, I prioritize the importance of Medicaid in child health. But as an American I...
What to do about high drug prices?
A new Commonwealth Fund paper, Getting to the Root of High Drug Prices, offers a plan for what to...
NY to pay for drugs based on value
A recent New York State law, designed to rein in drug costs, pays for drugs based on their value...
Drug costs eating into greater share of income
A new paper by Dean Baker at the Center for Economic and Policy Research explains that an...
Bug repellents: Which ones are safe?
It’s summer, the time of year when we seem to be most surrounded by bugs. Most of us use bug...
With health insurers and Pharma setting prices, no controlling...
Why would a health insurer pay one hospital in New York City $81,000 more for outpatient infusion...
Government’s Section 1498 authority to regulate the price...
While the federal government should be regulating the price of all drugs, as does every other...
California may pave way for improved Medicare for all.
Updated: Healthy California, a bill passed by the California Senate but now put on hold by the...