Consumer Driven Health Care

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.

Mark Gaunya and Jennifer Borislow lay out how the government, Big Pharma, hospital systems, and health insurance companies are incentivized to stop price deflation and maintain complexity.

At a time when small employers face few options to help their workers pay for health insurance, an HRA can be just the tonic.

Centene said it would sell Affordable Care Act plans in three additional states: Kansas, Missouri and Nevada. It also said it will expand in six states which already offer ACA plans.

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.

Investing in a benefits program doesnt necessarily mean spending more on benefits.