by Jordana Choucair | Jun 22, 2022 | Payers
Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Susan Collins introduced legislation to reduce insulin prices and cap monthly copays at $35 or 25 percent of the list price — whichever is lower — for both commercial and Medicare plans. The bill would block pharmacy benefit managers from...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 21, 2022 | Payers
New research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that Medicare could have saved almost $4.0 billion if it were purchasing generic drugs directly from the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC) online pharmacy. Specifically, Medicare could have saved...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 16, 2022 | Payers
An investigative report by Kaiser Health News and NPR found that more than 100 million Americans have medical debt. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll, a quarter of those with debt owe $5,000 or more and approximately 13 percent owe $10,000 or more – 18...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 15, 2022 | Payers
A new Gallup poll indicates that Americans aged 50-64 to have been skipping medications and cutting back on daily essentials to cover their medical needs. Eighteen percent, or approximately 11 million of older Americans, said they or a family member skipped a pill,...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 14, 2022 | Payers
eHealth released a survey indicating that 13 percent of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees had a claim or pre-authorization request denied. Of those, 43 percent said their plan told them the claim was excluded from coverage. Another 15 percent said coverage was denied...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 6, 2022 | Payers
A New York Times article examines the impact that debt has on older Americans’ health. The article references research being conducted at the Urban Institute, which found that that indebted older adults fare measurably worse on a range of health measures: fair or poor...
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