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Same Drug, Wildly Different Price: Generic in Name Alone
It was a huge relief to Carol Thompson in 2011 when her breast cancer drug Femara (letrozole) went off patent and became available in a generic version. With a high deductible in her private insurance...
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Do You Really Like Your (Sub-Par) Policy? Keep it Another Year
For about 5% of the population, President Obama’s promise “if you like your insurance, you can keep it” was clearly off the mark. They like it and they can’t keep it—or they will have to pay more for...
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Can an “Ambiguity” Derail Obamacare? Premium Subsidies in Court
After more than 40 attempts to pass legislation calling for repeal or significant changes to the health law, opponents of the Affordable Care Act have moved their focus from the House floor to the...
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Do Workplace Wellness Programs Work? Yes, But it Depends…
There’s been a lot of controversy recently about workplace wellness programs: Do they save money for employers on healthcare costs? Can they produce measurable benefits for employee health? Do they...
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Are Readmission Penalties Unfair to Safety Net Hospitals?
Earlier this month Medicare fined 2,610 hospitals—a record number—for readmitting too many patients less than 30 days after they were discharged. In 2015, these hospitals will see their Medicare...
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Keep the Focus on Rising Drug Prices, Not Smirking Shkreli
Activism over prescription drug pricing has reached a fever pitch. The recent House subcommittee hearings featuring testimony (or non-testimony in the case of bad-boy Martin Shkreli) from Turing...
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Protecting Women’s Health? Texas Abortion Law Does Just the Opposite
Women’s reproductive rights are under attack as never before. Laws are being passed in state after state that result in abortion clinics being shuttered, doctors being forced to stop practicing,...
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Is the Affordable Care Act Still Affordable?
I was out with friends the other night when the conversation turned to the ever-scintillating topic of health insurance. A Swiss woman turned to me and said, “Oh, I hear that Obamacare is really bad...
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Mental Health Parity? Not Even Close
In 2008, mental health advocates hailed the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act as “historic;” putting an end to what Sen. Edward Kennedy called “the senseless discrimination in health...
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Lift the Ban on Gun Violence Research
Last week the American Medical Association made headlines when it called gun violence a “public health crisis” and pledged to actively lobby Congress to overturn a 20-year ban on funding for the Center...
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