Business of Medicine
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Average cost of Healthcare.gov policy up 105% since 2013
All 39 states that use Healthcare.gov experienced an increase, but the size varied considerably.
From the Journals
Vaccine delivery costs challenge physicians
Physicians continue to look for ways to get paid.
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Maryland passes generic drug anti–price gouging law
State becomes first to act in the wake of Valeant and Mylan price scandals.
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Supreme Court rules to speed biosimilar drugs to market
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that biosimilar companies can take their versions of biological drugs to the market 6 months sooner in a...
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Supreme Court: Faith-based hospitals are exempt from federal pension requirements
Justices rule that employees of religious-affiliated hospitals are not protected under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
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Medicare Advantage enrollment up again in 2017
Two of five Medicare patients are expected to use Medicare Advantage by 2027.
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Public favors Obamacare over Trumpcare
A total of 40% of respondents said they had a “very unfavorable” opinion of the AHCA, compared with 29% for the ACA.
Opinion
The ‘monster note’ in EHR systems rarely helps
The note about radiology and lab results that automatically appears in an EHR “has become horribly misused.”
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Health reform action shifts to Senate, exacerbated by poor AHCA CBO score
Doctors’ groups weigh in on what should and should not be in the Senate bill.
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President’s budget: Malpractice reform but deep health care cuts
Trump’s proposed $4.1 trillion budget slashes Medicaid and CHIP, the CDC, and NIH funding.
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Trump administration loosens up HealthCare.gov
The change will take effect with the open enrollment period for the 2018 coverage year.