A potential change to reduce upcoding in Medicare could worsen health disparities.
Health Insurance
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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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The End of Humira’s $200 Billion Drug Monopoly
What will happen when the best selling drug ever finally faces direct competition?
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Insuring America’s Long-Term Care Workforce
Joseph Benitez shares new research that assesses the impact of the ACA on insurance coverage for low-income nursing assistants.
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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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The Treacherous Transition from Medicaid to Private Insurance
Adrianna McIntyre shares new research on the effect of losing coverage through Medicaid and how long it takes to bounce back.
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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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Busier Hospitals Widen Care Disparities for Black Patients
Shooshan Danagoulian shares new research that examines the effect of hospital capacity strain on racial disparities in mortality.
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California Bets Big on Housing in Medicaid
We trace the origins, early results and challenges of California’s ambitious new Medicaid initiative to pay for some non-medical services like connecting people to housing.
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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.