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We don't need to put more emphasis on the penalties for not buying health plans; we need attractive insurance products people want to buy.
Medicare spent $4.5 billion last year on new, pricey medications that cure the liver disease hepatitis C, more than 15 times what it spent the year before on older treatments for the disease.
America's largest insurer is looking for all the scale it can get in the war for affordable medicines.
Catamaran serves about 25 million Americans with retail pharmacy network management, mail-order pharmacy, pharmacy claims management and patient-centric specialty pharmacy services to health plans and employers.
There is a fair amount of hope for private health insurance exchanges in the commercial group market, but a pure defined contribution option will actually require a quite disruptive change.
After holding an overnight vote-a-rama session well into Friday morning, the U.S. Senate decided to delay voting on the sustainable growth rate repeal until after its recess.
American employers are spending more on wellness programs than ever, but also backing away from penalties, as consumers respond with skepticism and researchers keep probing ROI evidence.
Cigna is looking for business in younger, yet-to-retire baby boomers in California, anticipating the benefits of streamlining the path from group health plan to Medicare Advantage.
Outpatient payments for cancer hospitals were 37 percent higher than teaching hospitals for the same range of services, report finds.
Amid a possible bipartisan break in the clouds of Congress, insurance advocates see a window for changing or even repealing the much-loathed health insurance tax in the Affordable Care Act.