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Prescription Drug Use Up, Out-of-Pocket Spending Down Under Affordable Care Act: RAND

People who gained health coverage following the implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansion sharply increased their use of prescription drugs, while their out-of-pocket spending for medications dropped significantly, according to a new RAND Corp. study. Researchers studying …

Arkansas Sees Sharpest Drop in Uninsured Rate in the Nation

A Gallup report released on Aug. 5 shows that Arkansas outpaced the rest of the country in reducing the rate of residents without health insurance during the first six months of 2014, the Arkansas governor’s office reported. Arkansas’s uninsured rate …