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Former HHS Adviser Lauren Underwood Running for House Seat
With years of experience as a registered nurse and federal healthcare policy adviser, Underwood is seeking to unseat Rep. Randy...
Finance
AMA President: It's Still 'No' to Single Payer
But Barbara McAneny, MD, applauds the recently signed legislative ban on pharmacy gag clauses.
Finance
Children's Hospitals Again Cry For Help From Voters. But Are They Really Hurting?
This pattern of requests for taxpayers to help pay for major projects 'could leave children's hospitals with little incentive to...
Medicare For All? CMS Chief Warns Program Has Enough Problems Already
Medicare often pays higher-than-necessary rates to doctors and hospitals and can't take steps used by private insurers to control costs,...
Strategy
'We Will Go Further': Azar Eyes Mandate Despite PhRMA's New Approach to TV Ads
The HHS secretary called PhRMA's voluntary action 'a small step in the right direction' but vowed to carry the Trump...
Fact-Check: Who's Right On Protections For Preexisting Conditions? It's Complicated
What's clear is that voters want the protections. Even majorities of Republicans told pollsters this summer that it is 'very...
Strategy
Neurosurgeon Focuses Congressional Campaign on Including Patients in Cost Conversations
Dr. Jim Maxwell, who has served as chief of neurosurgery at Rochester General Hospital since 1998, is campaigning to represent...
Finance
Verma Touts 1.5% Drop in Benchmark Premiums for 2019
The data on second-lowest-cost silver plans for next year come two weeks after HHS Secretary Alex Azar praised President Trump...
Finance
Doctors Give Medicare's Proposal To Pay For Telemedicine Poor Prognosis
Budget hawks worry that rather than replace comparatively expensive in-person visits, extra telemedicine billings would add to them.
Collins Defends Kavanaugh's Healthcare Record, Clinches His Confirmation
The senator's speech defended the nominee's track record on the ACA and abortion, rejecting claims that confirming him could endanger...
Innovation
Pending Opioid Legislation Opens Doors to Telehealth Innovation
Provisions in the law, which President Trump is expected to sign, would remove certain barriers to telehealth treatment that currently...
Strategy
In The Battle To Control Drug Costs, Old Patent Laws Get New Life
The strategies involve repurposing two obscure and rarely deployed workarounds in patent law. These ideas also are finding traction among...