Health Headlines for Tuesday, October 4
Fidelis Care New York is expanding, hiring in Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle
A major health insurance provider in New York is expanding in Rochester and looking to grow its staff.
Maryland’s ACA health co-op will switch to for-profit to save itself
Washington Post
Evergreen Health, Maryland’s version of the innovative nonprofit insurers created under the Affordable Care Act, decided Monday to become a for-profit company to avoid the possibility of a shutdown, according to its chief executive.
Drugmakers Point Finger at Middlemen for Rising Drug Prices
Wall Street Journal
As U.S. drug prices rise, drugmakers are playing down their role, instead heaping blame on the middlemen who help determine how medicines are priced.
3 Who Studied Unusual States of Matter Win Nobel Prize in Physics
New York Times
David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for discoveries in condensed-matter physics that have transformed the understanding of matter that assumes strange shapes.
How To Boost Competition In Obamacare
Forbes
When the Medicare Modernization Act created a new drug benefit and the Medicare Advantage programs, there were literally thousands of new health plans that were formed to offer these benefits.
The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction
New York Times
Drug education is the only part of the middle school curriculum I remember — perhaps because it backfired so spectacularly.
Drinks, dinners, junkets and jobs: how the insurance industry courts state commissioners
The Center for Public Integrity
When the Arkansas insurance commissioner weighed the merits of a hospital’s billing complaint against United Healthcare, her interactions with one of the nation’s largest health insurers extended far beyond her department’s hearing room.
Valeant’s Stock Becomes (Relatively) Quiet After Wild Year
Bloomberg
After a yearlong, up-and-down ride, shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. are enjoying a period of relative calm.