In an opinon piece for Scientific American, James Love, Director of Knowledge Ecology International, explains how the Biden administration could do more to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the...
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Drink lemonade, not alcohol, improve your health
Ian Taylor writes for BBC Science Focus Magazine about the risks of drinking any amount of alcohol. The World Health Organization (“WHO”) now advises in Lancet Public Health that no...
Biden administration finalizes Medicare Advantage prior...
Last week, the Biden administration finalized a prior authorization rule that, among other things, will require insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans to use an electronic prior authorization...
Even with billions in overpayments, Medicare Advantage insurers...
The latest news suggests that Humana and other big insurers are losing shareholder value because they are spending more money on care in Medicare Advantage than anticipated. It’s hard to believe...
Are lower income individuals enrolling in Medicare Advantage for...
Medicare Advantage enrollment is up, and people with low incomes and people of color are enrolling in Medicare Advantage at disproportionate rates. A new study published in JAMA by Avni Gupta, BDS...
Medicare Advantage needs serious fixes; $88 billion in...
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), a non-partisan independent agency, last week projected $88 billion in government overpayments to Medicare Advantage in 2024 and debated the value of...
Hospital billing practices frequently leave people without...
The Lown Institute reports that if you aren’t able to pay your hospital bills, you have a one in three chance of being sued. On top of that, some hospitals are refusing to allow you to schedule...
Biden brought down the price of insulin significantly; a Trump...
Drug prices remain out of control, and there’s a lot that President Biden could still do to bring them down. But, Americans should give President Joe Biden credit for reducing the cost of...
AMA wants Medicare to pay doctors more
The AMA is telling Congress not to cut Medicare payments to physicians. The AMA would be smart to speak up for patients and the problems their physicians have getting patients the care they need in...
Why won’t the government protect people from prior...
Lauren Sausser reports for KFF Health News on the failure of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to protect people enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans from prior authorization rules that...