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How to Cut Drug Prices: Experts Weigh In New York Times Americans are generally uncomfortable with pharmaceutical prices — which are the highest for brand drugs among wealthy nations — […]

Enrollment in NY health insurance market outpaces 2017 Albany Times Union More than 4.5 million New Yorkers have enrolled in a health insurance plan through the state’s online insurance marketplace, […]

Bipartisan senators introduce new drug pricing bill The Hill bill introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will seek to crack down on the tactics used by […]

Physicians have responsibility to patients to talk about the cost of care, prescriptions USA Today Going to the doctor in the United States is like dining at a restaurant where […]

Employers Change Tactics to Curb Health-Insurance Costs Wall Street Journal Company leaders are grappling with how to deal with the rising cost of health insurance in ways that get beyond […]

Is Trump Pushing Health Insurance Innovation Or An ACA Rollback? Kaiser Health News On his first day in office, as part of his mission to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, […]

U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Further Wall Street Journal Life expectancy for Americans fell again last year, despite growing recognition of the problems driving the decline and federal and local funds […]

Telemedicine surging in US but still uncommon Reuters Although telemedicine visits have increased sharply in the U.S. in recent years, the vast majority of American adults still receive care from […]

Trump Moves to Lower Medicare Drug Costs by Relaxing Some Patient Protections New York Times The Trump administration proposed on Monday to cut costs for Medicare by reducing the number […]

NY regulators approve $69B CVS-Aetna merger Albany Times Union New York’s Department of Financial Services announced Monday that it has approved CVS Health’s application to acquire Aetna. Read more Hospitals […]