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Most states flunk health care price-transparency test
By Dan CookSupplying proper price information to health care consumers is an area where many states are failing, according to this report.
July 10, 2015
Obama nominates Andy Slavitt to run Medicare, Medicaid agencySlavitt has been an executive at UnitedHealth Groups Optum unit.
July 10, 2015
Obama nominates Andy Slavitt to run Medicare, Medicaid agencySlavitt has been an executive at UnitedHealth Groups Optum unit.
July 10, 2015
Obama pushes trade partners to add drug rules he opposes in U.S.Generic drugs accounted for more than 80 percent of prescriptions filled in the U.S., and about one third of the $512 billion in pharmaceutical sales in 2014.
July 10, 2015
Obama pushes trade partners to add drug rules he opposes in U.S.Generic drugs accounted for more than 80 percent of prescriptions filled in the U.S., and about one third of the $512 billion in pharmaceutical sales in 2014.
July 09, 2015
Out-of-pocket costs rise modestlyThe average patient spent 3.5 percent more over the past year.
July 09, 2015
PPACA cuts birth control costs by $1.4 billionDespite the controversy it's generated, the contraception mandate has cut costs for consumers.
July 09, 2015
PPACA cuts birth control costs by $1.4 billionDespite the controversy it's generated, the contraception mandate has cut costs for consumers.