Who Are the Remaining Uninsured, and What Do Their Characteristics Tell Us About How to Reach Them?By Linda J. Blumberg, Michael Karpman, Matthew Buettgens, and

Perhaps the most important statement in this report on the remaining uninsured is the following: “The ACA was not designed to eliminate uninsurance.” It should

Newly Enrolled Members in the Individual Health Insurance Market After Health Care Reform: The Experience from 2014 and 2015BlueCross BlueShield, March 2016This report is a

Compared with members previously enrolled in BlueCross BlueShield plans, those enrolling after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect have higher rates of certain diseases,

Mortgages For Expensive Health Care? Some Experts Think It Can Work.By Michelle AndrewsKaiser Health News, March 29, 2016A Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist and Harvard

So the answer to outrageously priced drugs is to pay for them through health care loans (HCLs) - the equivalent of mortgages - and then

Majority of Drugs Now Subject to Coinsurance in Medicare Part D PlansBy Caroline F. PearsonAvalere, March 10, 2016Medicare Part D drug plans are shifting more

Medicare Part D drug plans are shifting more drugs from a copayment requirement - a fixed dollar amount to be paid for each prescription -

Mayo rebuffs Iowa Medicaid managed-care contractsBy Tony LeysThe Des Moines Register, March 24, 2016Iowans with Medicaid health coverage will not be able to routinely use

What is happening to Iowa’s Medicaid patients who are currently obtaining their care from Mayo? It seems that Mayo is no longer in charge of

Pharmaceutical Companies Hiked Price on Aid in Dying DrugBy April DemboskyKQED, March 22, 2016When California’s aid-in-dying law takes effect this June, terminally ill patients who

One of my father’s favorite phrases was, “There oughta be a law…” Whenever I heard that, I knew a bit of wisdom with a moral