Two health plan CEOs will explore their thoughts on how high drug prices impact both insurers and the overall health care system. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Susan Dentzer will moderate the discussion, which will include an interactive Q&A.

The United Nations has designated Oct. 17 as an annual date to promote awareness of global poverty.

The Institutes of Medicine holds a daylong workshop on “Integrating Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Language Access Services.” Part of the IOM’s efforts to examine public health, the event will look at strategies to improve health literacy from a variety of angles, including insurers, doctors, patients’ families and more. 

As we approach the ACA’s third open enrollment, health insurance is still far from universal for some minority groups. One in five Hispanics were uninsured last year. And although coverage rates among African Americans have surged nationally, success has varied from state to state based on Medicaid expansion decisions and other factors. This HHS webinar will explore ways to increase coverage among minority populations and to improve understanding of how to use health insurance to access care.