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Insurance
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Medicaid expansion may go to the ballot box in three states
Advocates in three conservative states – Utah, Idaho and Nebraska – are trying to get Medicaid expansion on the ballot…
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Skepticism is required when covering the science behind genetic tests
Health insurers struggle to understand whether genetic tests give physicians actionable information about how to diagnose and treat patients’ illness.…
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#AHCJ18 panel explores prospects for a single-payer health system
Bernie Sanders gave renewed life to the single-payer movement, and it’s likely to play in the 2018 and 2020 elections.…
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Gene therapy development on the rise but costs remain an issue
After decades of unfulfilled promises and setbacks, the field of gene therapy broke through with three FDA-approved products last year,…
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Focus shifts to states’ efforts in health policy
States are going to have unprecedented opportunities to shape health care policy during the next couple years, as President Trump’s…
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CMS initiatives may be good news for some beneficiaries
This post was co-written by Joseph Burns (@jburns18), a Massachusetts-based independent journalist and AHCJ’s topic leader on health insurance. He welcomes…
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Pittsburgh reporter uncovers how for-profit hospitals differ from nonprofits in how they provide charity care
When reviewing just about any hospital bill today, it’s difficult to imagine that hospitals were founded to provide care for…
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Health advocates, legislators wrestle with Medicaid work requirements
Three states – Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas – have now gotten permission from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…
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Reporters dig into pharmacy benefit concerns following merger announcements
The proposed combination of one of the nation’s largest health insurers, Cigna Corp., and the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits manager…
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Another bid at ACA stabilization – and likely another failure
Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray are circulating a new “ACA stabilization” plan that in some ways is more ambitious than…