Amazon has officially entered the pharmacy business with its acquisition of PillPack. Adam J. Fein, over at Drug Channels says that means they may start owning the market with uninsured and underinsured people. Fein also […]
Two months ago, Apple and 13 prominent health systems – including the likes of Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania – announced an agreement that would allow Apple to download onto its various devices […]
Capital Public Radio’s Ben Bradford reported Monday that Senate Bill 562, the high-profile bill that would establish single payer health care in California, will remain shelved. Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon shelved the bill last year, […]
In an attempt to provide a nonpartisan, actuarial examination of the the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA), the American Academy of Actuaries sent a 12-page letter today to Senate leadership and copied all other […]
The board of the National Association of Health Underwriters wants health insurance reform to proceed at an orderly pace and said that repeal of tax credits should be delayed until 2019 to allow for stability […]
California’s commercial HMOs outperform commercial PPOs on most clinical quality measures. They also consistently provide less costly care. The average yearly cost is $4,245 per HMO enrollee versus $4,455 per PPO enrollee, according to the […]
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