Health Headlines for Friday, March 25
Why Prescription Drugs Aren’t Part of Obamacare
Morning Consult
After six years, the Affordable Care Act has extended health care coverage to millions of people. But affordability problems remain, most prominently in the area of prescription drugs. Obamacare left the pharmaceutical industry largely unregulated while requiring it to pay for some of the law’s increased drug coverage.
N.F.L.’s Flawed Concussion Research and Ties to Tobacco Industry
New York Times
The National Football League was on the clock.
Nyack students exposed to tuberculosis at school
Lohud/Journal News
Several students at two Nyack schools were exposed to a person with infectious tuberculosis, Rockland health officials told parents Wednesday.
The Next Wave: The Impact of Two New Proposed Mergers on New York’s Health Insurance Market
United Hospital Fund
Policy changes and pressures of the marketplace have been driving considerable consolidation in the health care industry.
Pharmaceutical Company Has Hiked Price On Aid-In-Dying Drug
California Healthline
When California’s aid-in-dying law takes effect on June 9, terminally ill patients who decide to end their lives could be faced with a hefty bill for the lethal medication. It retails for more than $3,000.
In Conservative Indiana, Medicaid Expansion Makes Poorest Pay
Kaiser Health News
Reginald Rogers owes his dentist a debt of gratitude for his new dentures, but no money.