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Finance
A Month After Announcing WellCare Deal, Centene Produces Robust Q1 Earnings
Centene achieved strong financials during the start of 2019 as it eyes the next steps in its WellCare deal.
Finance
Critics Warn Premiums Will Rise Under CMS' Tweaked 2020 Subsidy Formula
The agency said its methodology will better reflect the individual market. Critics said the change may not be legally justified.
Strategy
As Sanders Officially Revives Medicare-for-All, Plan B For Democrats Gains Traction
Many presidential hopefuls, even official co-sponsors of Sanders' Medicare-for-All proposal, are at the same time edging toward a more incremental...
Finance
Blame Game, Again: PBM Execs Jockey With Senators Over Price Transparency
During the hearing, PBMs committed to help lower prescription drug costs but wavered on total rebate transparency.
Strategy
Consumers Rejected Drug Plan That Mirrors Trump Administration Proposal
The CVS Caremark plan wasn't popular with customers, and CVS Health, which owns CVS Caremark, was quick to point this...
Strategy
PBM Lobby Raps 'Poorly Conceived' HHS Drug Rebate Proposal
The pharmacy benefits managers-backed study says it would be 'premature' for policymakers to adopt the rule without better understanding its...
Finance
Sen. Chuck Grassley Questions Insulin Pricing Efforts
In a letter released Wednesday, the Senate Finance Committee chairman said decreasing costs for patients should apply to other high-priced...
Finance
Doughnut Hole Is Gone, But Medicare's Uncapped Drug Costs Still Bite Into Budgets
With the cost of specialty drugs increasing, some Medicare beneficiaries could owe thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket drug costs every...
Finance
Medicaid Work Requirements Could Erode ACA Coverage Gains
A new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation looks at Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program as states push...
Health IT Rules of the Road Must Be Clear, Senate Told
A Senate committee examines two proposed rules issued by CMS to make healthcare records more interoperable, including banning information blocking...
States Push For Caregiver Tax Credits
AARP is pushing bills in eight state legislatures that would give home caregivers tax credits to help offset the cost...
Strategy
Latest Lawsuit Targets New Hampshire's Medicaid Work Requirements
The National Health Law Program, which helped plaintiffs challenge similar requirements in Arkansas and Kentucky, have added New Hampshire's so-called...