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New Trump Rule Protects Health Care Workers Who Refuse Care For Religious Reasons
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The rule strengthens protections for health care providers who are unwilling to provide services like abortions. Critics say it could put women’s health in danger.
It Will Take More Than Transparency To Reduce Drug Prices, Economists Say
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The Trump administration wants to increase transparency in prescription drug pricing. But health economists say the administration’s call to tie prices to what other nations pay might work better.
U.S. Hospitals And Insurers Might Be Forced To Reveal The True Prices They Negotiate
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A little-noticed Trump administration proposal would require hospitals, doctors and insurers to post the true, negotiated price for a medical procedure or service, as opposed to the “list” price.
Scientific Duo Gets Back To Basics To Make Childbirth Safer
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Remarkably little is known about the fundamentals of how a woman carries a baby inside her. Two Columbia University researchers aim to change that, to reduce the number of kids born too soon.
Trump Administration Wants To Cut Drug Prices By Eliminating Middlemen’s Rebates
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Pharmacy benefit managers are the focus of proposed regulations that could reduce drug costs for seniors and cut profits for middlemen. It could set a precedent for the broader market.
Democrats’ Health Care Ambitions Meet The Reality Of Divided Government
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Congressional Democrats want to protect health coverage and protections of the Affordable Care Act. With the Senate in Republican hands, House Democrats will hold hearings and may turn to the courts.
Research Gaps Leave Doctors Guessing About Treatments For Pregnant Women
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To protect a developing fetus from experimental drugs or treatments that might cause birth defects, pregnant women aren’t included in many clinical trials. But that limits the safety evidence, too.
Looking For ACA Health Insurance For 2019? Here’s What To Expect
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Throughout the U.S., subsidies are available to reduce the price of 2019 policies sold on state and federal insurance exchanges. But promotion of the insurance is varying widely from state to state.
Analysts Predict Health Care Marketplace Premiums Will Stabilize For 2019 Coverage
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In signs the health care market may be maturing, an analysis of insurance filings shows premiums will rise less than 4 percent on average and companies plan to market more policies in more places.
How A Drugmaker Gamed The System To Keep Generic Competition Away
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Celgene Corp. has thwarted rival drugmakers eager to make cheaper versions of medicines for a form of blood cancer. Now administration officials are criticizing practices they say hold generics back.
Trump Administration’s 3 Biggest Ideas For Lowering Drug Prices
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After criticism that the administration’s blueprint for drug prices was vague, the secretary of health and human services zeroed in on actions that he said need only his signature.
Trump Drug Pricing ‘Blueprint’ Could Take Years To Build
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The 39-page drug price plan includes an array of ideas that the administration will consider but it’s unclear which ones will be implemented.
Trump Administration Wants To Let Insurers Offer Plans With Fewer Benefits
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The Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a rule that would expand short-term policies that don’t have to meet the Affordable Care Act’s benefit requirements.
Kentucky Gets OK To Require Work From Medicaid Recipients
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The move comes one day after the Trump administration said it would let states add work requirements to their Medicaid programs, which provide health coverage for people with low incomes.
Report: 27 Things The Feds Could Do To Cut Drug Prices
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine get very specific in their recommendations of actions they think the federal government should take to lower prescription drug costs.