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Insurers, citing rate cuts, ask state to open Essential Plan’s books Politico Pro (subscription required) New York’s health insurers want the Cuomo administration to explain why it’s necessary to cut […]

Booming Economy Helps Flatten Medicaid Enrollment And Limit Costs, States Report Kaiser Health News Medicaid enrollment fell by 0.6 percent in 2018 — its first drop since 2007 — due […]

Health Care Tops Guns, Economy As Voters’ Top Issue Kaiser Health News Health care has emerged as the top issue for voters headed into the midterm elections, but fewer than […]

The ‘big dilemma’ with jobs in health care growing faster than overall employment Albany Business Review Jobs in health care make up 15.4 percent of the Albany region’s private-sector employment, […]

Trump Administration to Step Up Oversight of Hospital Watchdogs Wall Street Journal The Trump administration on Thursday announced increased oversight of organizations that accredit and inspect most U.S. hospitals, following […]

Government-run health care is not the answer for New York, business council leader says Lohud New Yorkers, especially those living in the Lower Hudson Valley, face some of the highest […]

Drugmakers Play The Patent Game To Lock In Prices, Block Competitors Kaiser Health News David Herzberg was alarmed when he heard that Richard Sackler, former chairman of opioid giant Purdue […]

Employers jump into providing care as health costs rise AP News Autoworkers in this blue-collar, central Indiana city have an eager helper waiting to pick up the bill at their […]

Trump health chief: Premiums to drop for popular ACA plan AP News Premiums for a popular type of “silver” health plan under the Affordable Care Act will edge downward next […]

80,000 people died of the flu last winter in US CNBC The U.S. government estimates that 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter — the disease’s highest […]