Telehealth Care Could Lead to More Follow-Up Visits April 19, 2021 Even before the pandemic, people with minor urgent health needs had started to turn to companies that offer on-demand video...
25% of U.S. Health Care Spending Is Waste. Here’s Where to Find It. October 8, 2019 Approximately 25 percent of spending in the U.S. health care system can be characterized as waste. That’s between $760 billion...
At $20K a Year, Health Insurance Costs Undermine Job-Based Health Insurance October 1, 2019 By John Tozzi The cost of family health coverage in the U.S. now tops $20,000, an annual survey of employers found, a record...
Congressional Budget Office Warns of ‘Potentially Disruptive’ Move to ‘Medicare for All’ May 3, 2019 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Alan Fram Congressional budget experts said this week that moving to a government-run health care system like “Medicare for All” could be...
Investors Betting on Workplace Medical Clinics to Help Employers Contain Costs August 23, 2018 By Zachary Tracer A group of investors is putting up $165 million to fuel an expansion of Paladina Health, bringing a recent surge...
Most Americans with High Deductible Health Plans Don’t Shop or Save: Study November 29, 2017 More and more Americans have health insurance that requires them to open their wallets for the first few thousand dollars’...
Delaware City to Pay at Least $9M to Cover Injured Firefighters’ Care January 17, 2017 Wilmington officials say they’ll have to pay $9 million or more to cover the health care costs for four firefighters...
New Jersey Court Backs Approval of Horizon’s Tiered Health Plan June 9, 2016 A New Jersey appeals court upheld a decision by New Jersey regulators to approve a new alliance formed by the...
Vermont to Become 1st State Requiring Drug Makers to Explain Price Hikes May 16, 2016 By David Gram Vermont is poised to become the first state requiring drug companies to explain their price increases, and Bob and Deborah...
Drug Price Transparency Bill Stalls in Virginia General Assembly February 9, 2016 By Alan Suderman Legislation to make drug makers reveal how much they spend marketing high-priced drugs has stalled in the Virginia General Assembly,...