A new report from the Center on Public Integrity, Drinks, Dinners, Junkets and Jobs, lays out the tight relationship between state insurance commissioners and the insurance industry and what that...
Diane Archer
Federal drug discount program likely hurts cancer patients
Almost half the hospitals in the U.S. that treat Medicare patients, participate in the federal government’s 340B program, designed to provide discounts to safety net health providers and increase...
Five ways Congress could weaken Social Security
Of all the federal government programs in the U.S., Social Security is perhaps the most treasured. Democratic and Republican voters alike value Social Security deeply. But, Republican leaders in...
Support grows for Medicare buy-in and public health insurance...
Secretary Clinton is proposing a Medicare buy-in for people between 55 and 64 and a public health insurance option in the state health insurance exchanges. The public health insurance option was...
Accountable Health Communities offer services and supports
Compelling evidence shows that social supports help promote good health. So, as part of its mandate to test innovations under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government’s Center for...
8.3 million people benefit from both Medicare and Medicaid
Medicaid is a joint federal and state public health insurance program for 70 million vulnerable people in the United States, funded in large part by the federal government and in some part by each...
Vast majority of Americans support government drug price...
A September 2016 Kaiser Family Foundation poll reveals that a growing number of Americans say “no” to the way pharmaceutical companies are allowed to do business. They find drug prices...
New cuts proposed for Social Security Administration
Back in June, I reported for Just Care that Congress was keeping the Social Security Administration from spending its own money to administer benefits effectively. As a result, SSA was going to need...
FAIR Act would force drug makers to justify big price hikes
A bi-partisan group of Senators and Representatives, led by Tammy Baldwin and John McCain introduced a bill earlier this month requiring drug makers to justify big price hikes. Any time a...
Pharma pushing states to cover high-cost drugs
When it comes to drug innovations, many would argue that pharmaceutical companies serve the public less well than hoped for. When it comes to marketing innovations or initiatives that drive greater...