5 Ways The Senate GOP Health Bill Could Change Your Health Plan Options By Julie Appleby July 18, 2017 A key bill provision would likely lower premiums, but coverage would be skimpier with consumers left to figure out the trade-offs. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
Should GOP Health Bill Prevail, Say Bye-Bye To Insurance Rebates By Julie Appleby July 11, 2017 A little-noticed provision of the Senate GOP health plan would unwind an Affordable Care Act provision limiting insurer profits, administrative costs. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
Winners And Losers: 40 Is Old In Senate GOP Health Plan’s Subsidy Structure By Julie Appleby June 22, 2017 The latest Republican plan to revamp the health law reshapes how age and income affect what help consumers get for paying premiums. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
Medical Responses To Opioid Addiction Vary By State, Analysis Finds By Julie Appleby June 12, 2017 The study also found that the largest percentage of medical coverage claims related to opioid abuse and dependence nationally come from older patients — those ages 51 to 60. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
Trump actuando solo: lo que debe saber sobre los cambios a la ley de salud By Julie Rovner and Mary Agnes Carey and Julie Appleby October 13, 2017 Las medidas del presidente Donald Trump eliminan los reembolsos a las aseguradoras, pero no los subsidios que permiten a los consumidores pagar sus primas. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
Cruz Plan Gets Thumbs Up From HHS But Thumbs Down From Most Everyone Else By Julie Appleby and Julie Rovner July 19, 2017 During another day of fast-moving developments, Senate Republicans signaled their intent to attempt to bring an updated repeal-and-delay bill to the floor for a vote next week. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
Overwrought Marketing? Ads, Not Research, Create Some Pharma Best-Sellers By Julie Appleby May 16, 2017 A look at how and why strategic, star-studded advertising brought a drug for a little-known neurological condition into your home. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
Obamacare Exchanges In Limbo By Chad Terhune and Julie Appleby July 19, 2017 The failure this week of the U.S. Senate’s ACA repeal effort was one more twist in the ongoing political drama that has complicated routine rate setting for insurers and state officials. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
For Millennials, Both Good And Bad News In Senate’s GOP Health Bill By Anna Gorman and Kellen Browning June 28, 2017 Provisions in the Senate’s “repeal and replace” bill could help some young adults by lowering the cost of premiums but could hurt others who gained insurance through a massive expansion to Medicaid. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
Little-Known Middlemen Save Money On Medicines — But Maybe Not For You By Francis Ying and Julie Appleby and Stephanie Stapleton August 2, 2017 Kaiser Health News examines the role of PBMs in the prescription drug-pricing pipeline. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print