Does the medical industrial complex endorse health care’s status quo? Do its major players think a divided and therefore paralyzed Congress will prevent the multiple crises that will hit in full force early next year? Judging by their campaign contributions…
Corrected at 4:30 p.m. PROVIDENCE – While many aspects of Rhode Island’s primary, specialty and behavioral healthcare systems are ahead of others in the country, challenges in healthcare affordability, provider availability and looming federal policy changes make accessing healthcare in the Ocean State…
Oct 28, 2026, 18:11 ET Patients Choice in Specialty Pharmacy Act would end plan steering toward insurer- and PBM-owned specialty pharmacies while letting patients keep the pharmacy they have Many insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) now own or control the specialty pharmacies…
Latest: Can The Gulf Be Rebuilt? Authored by Sylvia Xu, Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times, Hospitals that benefit from a government program intended to help safety-net institutions end up spending less on charity care than other hospitals, a new…
A three-year cruise aboard the Odyssey has been suspended amid soaring fuel prices, forcing hundreds to disembark in Cambodia. Israel’s Central Elections Committee said nearly 78% of voters participated, marking the highest turnout in more than two decades. Congressional Republicans and…
When a national healthcare reform promises stronger primary care and more person-centred services, someone eventually has to decide what to count. Second, conceptual ambiguity about the reform’s governing object made it difficult to determine what should be measured at all.
With healthcare affordability set to influence voters’ decisions in next week’s midterm elections, the Healthcare Financial Management Association is calling on healthcare leaders to move beyond finger-pointing and work together to address rising costs. HFMA is urging financial leaders across…
Through the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden is delivering on his promise to lower prescription drug costs, make health insurance more affordable, and make the economy work for working families. This law means millions of Americans across all 50 states, the…
The chances of a Democrat-controlled Congress have increased. This could mean greater pricing pressure on pharma and more healthcare affordability measures. However, surprises do happen. - The US midterm elections take place on November 3. We look at what the possible outcomes…
In July, the US government announced its plan to alter reimbursement for heart disease treatments—specifically to bundle Medicare payments related to MI care and to bypass surgery. The response from cardiologists and their professional societies—the very people whose…
Legislation and Politics in Medicare Advantage: the news, the names and what changed.
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