Patients are now mostly protected from surprise bills, but doctors and insurers are still fighting over prices.
Health Care Spending
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Price Hikes Fuel Rising Employer Health Costs
Aditi Sen shares new data from the Health Care Cost Institute on health care spending, utilization and average price trends in the employer-sponsored insurance market.
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The Aducanumab Aftermath: The Industry
How is the pharmaceutical industry reacting to the FDA’s surprising approval of a controversial Alzheimer’s drug?
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The Aducanumab Aftermath: The Payer
A costly new Alzheimer’s drug could wreak financial havoc on insurers, seniors and taxpayers.
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The Aducanumab Aftermath: The Doctor
One doctor grapples with questions about a controversial new Alzheimer’s drug’s safety and efficacy.
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Fixing Health Care’s ‘Leaky Pipes’ Could Save the U.S. $340 Billion
The U.S. health care system has a lot of problems. Fixing even a few small ones could add up to big savings.
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Why Do We Spend So Much on End-of-Life Care?
Maria Polyakova on research examining the surprising source of outsized health care spending in the last months of life.
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Best of 2020
We look back on some of the best health policy podcast episodes of the year with help from a few of our podcast host friends.
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Biden and the ACA
Joe Biden wants to build on the ACA to move the country closer to universal coverage. How close would his plans get us?
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Trump and Medicaid
Has President Trump made any lasting changes to the Medicaid program?