Policy and Legislation

Yang's proposal eschews Medicare For All in favor of a plan that focuses more on lowering costs and expanding coverage.

Drug companies have said they are hamstrung by the current pharmacy benefit manager system, says HHS Secretary Alex Azar.

The Senate Finance Committee's bill would cancel planned cuts to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payments for 2020 and 2021.

Beyond cost, CMS said it adopted the lower payments for hospital outpatient facilities as a method to control unnecessary increases in the volume of services furnished there.

Sinikka Salo, leader of change with Finland's Permanent Secretary's Cabinet Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Government, says when it comes to using citizen data to improve health outcomes, trust and security are extremely important.

For Democrats and independents, the trend is more or less flat, with cost satisfaction clocking in at 9% and 25%, respectively.

The American Hospital Association is against an earlier proposal because disputes would be settled through lower reimbursement benchmark rates.

Intellectual property protections are needed for the ongoing discovery of drug treatments, PhRMA says.

Sheba Medical Center's head of the innovation center for digital health Dr. Nathalie Bloch discusses creating the right infrastructure to implement technology solutions by partnering with startups and established companies.

Open enrollment is ongoing as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to soon rule whether the ACA is constitutional.