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Why Prescription Drug List Prices Matter (Modern Healthcare)
Questioning drug company CEOs last week, Sens. Charles Grassley and Ron Wyden hammered away at the importance of high list prices for prescription drugs, while the CEOs testifying before the Senate Finance Committee mostly tried to change the subject.
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Buyer Beware: Short-Term Health Insurance Policies Pose Risks for Consumers (Insider Louisville)
Aggressive sales and marketing of short-term limited duration insurance plans has created a buyer-beware situation for consumers, according to an assessment by researchers at the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms.
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Silver Loading Complicates CSR Lawsuits (Modern Healthcare)
Insurers are so far undefeated in a string of lawsuits to recover billions in unpaid cost-sharing reduction payments cut off by President Donald Trump in 2017, following two federal court decisions late last week.
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Families Grieving a Pregnancy Loss Hit Especially Hard by Medical Bills (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Crumpled in a hospital waiting room chair, Alyssa Collier squeezed shut her bloodshot eyes, begging the dark to shut out her thoughts.
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Ads for Short-Term Plans Lacking ACA Protections Swamped Consumers’ Online Searches (Kaiser Health News)
Consumers shopping for insurance online last fall — using search terms such as “Obamacare plans,” “ACA enroll” and “cheap health insurance” — were most often directed to websites that promote individual health plans that didn’t meet consumer protections of the Affordable Care Act, according to a new study.
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States Face ‘Blind Spots’ in Short-Term Plans (Modern Healthcare)
Several state regulators say they don’t have the authority and capacity to properly regulate the marketing of short-term insurance plans that offer fewer benefits than plans sold on the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges, according to a new study.
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Congress Takes on Unexpected Medical Bills, Sparking Industry Turf War (Politico)
A bipartisan fix for surprise medical bills that are socking even well-insured Americans could be one of the few issues uniting Democrats and Republicans this year, but only if lawmakers find a way to contend with competing factions of the health industry, none of whom want to pick up the entire tab.
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Industry Braces As More Lawmakers Seek to Ban Surprise Billing (Healthcare Dive)
Most bills attacking the issue include bans on holding the patient responsible for certain charges and some form of arbitration process for payers and providers.
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Amid Shutdown Federal Workers Face Health Struggles: ‘We Are the Ones that are Suffering’ (CNN)
The government shutdown has hit much more than some workers’ wallets — it has affected their health.
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Out Of Network? Out Of Luck: ‘Balance Billing’ Takes Patients By Surprise In Utah (NPR Utah)
For climbers like Salt Lake resident Mike Lyons, the act of tying a safety knot in a climbing rope is a ritual. Ensuring a correctly tied knot is a connection between climbing partners, a way to focus and, most importantly, to avoid injury in case of a fall. It comes down to routine.
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