Category
Health Policy
-
Pharmacy access story gains stronger local angle from inventive use of study’s own data
Local pharmacies have limited hours? Turns out that this is way more than an inconvenience. It may also be a…
-
Consumers Union expert weighs in on drug price hikes, other cost challenges
Mylan’s price hike for its EpiPen allergy medication is just the latest example of health care costs pressuring consumers, Consumers…
-
A look at the landscape in health care price transparency
High deductibles and out of pocket costs – which are increasing in both Affordable Care Act exchange plans and employer-sponsored coverage…
-
Comparing the party platforms on health care: Democrats
This is part two of our look at what the Republican and Democratic party platforms say about health care issues…
-
•
Comparing the party platforms on health care: Republicans
Political party platforms get a spurt of attention in the summer of the respective party conventions – and then more…
-
Clinton’s ambitious mental Health Policy plan faces severe shortage of specialists
Hillary Clinton this week unveiled a comprehensive plan to reform how mental health care is delivered in this country. While…
-
Get county-level data to report on competition in insurance marketplace
As large insurers, such as United Healthcare, Humana and Aetna, drop out of the Healthcare.gov marketplace, consumers are left with…
-
Tuning in to health care with the podcast boom
Podcasts are all the rage, so we’ve been collecting some health policy-related ones for you. Some of these regularly tackle…
-
Things to consider when covering recent departures from the ACA marketplace
Decisions by United Healthcare, Humana and now Aetna to shrink their footprint in the ACA exchanges – along with the…
-
A new take on premium trends gets pushback from ACA critics
Here’s an argument that premiums under the Affordable Care Act actually have dropped. Loren Adler and Paul Ginsberg of the…