by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Employee health care costs are increasingly eating up larger shares of payroll costs for America’s smallest businesses, according to a new analysis from the JPMorgan Chase Institute. The pain of health care costs is nothing new, but this analysis, based on...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
A recent report indicates that while shortages of chemotherapy drugs like cisplatin and carboplatin have eased in the United States, concerns persist among major cancer centers regarding ongoing supply issues. According to a survey released by the National...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Racial health care disparities persist in every state in the nation despite two decades of attempts to improve health outcomes for minorities, according to a new report released Wednesday. The report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Supreme Court dismissed a significant abortion case on Thursday, marking a temporary win for abortion-rights advocates in Idaho. The case involved the state’s near-total ban on abortion, which permits emergency abortions only to save a pregnant...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin revealed the state is filing a lawsuit against pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) Optum and Express Scripts for their role in the state’s ongoing opioid epidemic. In the lawsuit, the state argues the PBMs negotiated deals with...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | M&A, Tea Leaves
A recent National Bureau of Economic Research working paper reveals that increased health care costs following hospital mergers lead to higher insurance premiums for employers, prompting them to lay off employees rather than reduce wages. Researchers from multiple...
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