Jane Sarashon

JULY 18, 2024

growth for group health insurance plans is the highest rate of medical cost trend growth since 2012. One-third were specifically worried about paying for prescription drugs in the next 12 months, an increase from 25% in 2022. for Group plans and 7.5% for Individual health plans — increasing from 7.5%

Doctors 59

Doctors Prescription Drug Pricing Hospitals Health Insurance 59

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The study reviewed reports and articles published between January 1, 2012 and May 15, 2019, dressing the topic of waste across six domains previously identified by the Institute of Medicine: Failure of care delivery, with waste ranging between $102 bn and $166 bn. Political debates in this 2020 U.S. Political debates in this 2020 U.S.

Prescription Drug Pricing 108

Prescription Drug Pricing Medicare Medicare ACA 108

Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2019

One of those medicines, insulin, cost a patient $5,705 for a year’s supply in 2016, double what it cost in 2012, according to the Health Care Cost Institute. In typical markets, as products mature and get mass adoption, prices fall. But then prescription drug pricing doesn’t conform with how typical markets work in theory.

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Prescription Drug Pricing Medicare Medicare Governance 121

Kaiser Health News

AUGUST 12, 2022

First, it would give the federal government the ability to negotiate prices of some drugs purchased by Medicare beneficiaries, a tool that has long been opposed by the drug industry. Never before have we been able to negotiate prescription drug prices. Those prices would take effect in 2026.

Medicare 95

Medicare Medicare Prescription Drug Pricing Governance 95

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

[As a sidebar, if you’re concerned about the state of civil verbal discourse in America, you may be comforted to know that an Arizona State Legislator Lori Klein (R-Anthem) introduced a law into the State House to prevent teachers from cussing in Arizona classrooms, as this article from back in 2012 discusses.

Medicaid 78

Medicaid Medicaid Health Insurance ACA 78