Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.
Based on analysis of price growth and estimated rebate levels for the top 200 brand drugs by 2016 U.S. sales, a PCMA study finds no correlation between increasing prices set on individual drugs and the rebates negotiated with PBMs.
While nearly 80 percent of the respondents say their medical care is good or great, there are differences across the generations about their wish lists for health care.
Poor living conditions and nutrition, unhealthy and stressful work environments, large income inequalities and other factors have been linked to poor health in the U.S., and all of them disproportionately affect low-income populations.
According to a new study, the C-suite isn't sweating major shifts, but lower-level employees aren't so sure what changes in the economy, politics, or technology mean for their workplace.
Under the AHCA, Medicaid dollars to states would be cut by about $834 billion over 10 years, which could disproportionately impact the elderly and the disabled.