Medicare director Meena Seshamani discusses her team’s sprint to put historic drug price reforms into action.
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Medicare Releases Details of Major Drug Price Reform
Medicare’s historic plan to slow prescription drug spending is taking shape.
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‘A Shocking Amount of Misery’: Medical Debt in America
We talk about the impact medical debt can have on people’s lives and what research tells us about possible solutions.
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Medicare’s Prescription Drug Plan Makeover
An overhaul of Medicare’s prescription drug benefit will lower costs for seniors while changing incentives for insurers and drugmakers.
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4 Studies that Explain the Stakes of Medicare Open Enrollment
Leslie Walker shares four research studies to explain the stakes of Medicare open enrollment.
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The Next Chapter in Democratizing America’s Health Data
We talk with Micky Tripathi, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, about the push to give patients more access to their health care data.
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The Push to End Cancer Screening Purgatory
Initial screenings for breast, lung and cervical cancer are free, but expensive secondary tests can leave patients in screening purgatory.
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Streamlining Access to the Safety Net
Paul Shafer highlights newly federal rule aimed at streamlining application and renewal processes for enrolling in Medicaid and CHIP.
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The Race to Prepare for Medicare’s New Drug Pricing Powers
Congress gave Medicare historic new powers to lower drug prices, but lawsuits, loopholes and opposition from the drug industry could undermine them.
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Breaking Down Biden’s New Nondiscrimination Rule
Katie Keith shares about a newly proposed rule to Section 1557, a civil rights pillar of the Affordable Care Act.