Health Care Reform

The Biden administration asked the high court on Sept. 8 to uphold broad access to mifepristone, the widely used abortion pill, seeking a review of a ruling that would bar mail-order prescriptions and require in-person doctor visits.

Many large employers have avoided the cost-management tactic of shifting expenses to employees.

Hospitals in the United States faced unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, and those challenges have left them floundering in the face of increased costs and workforce shortages.

Perhaps enacting a national primary care fee schedule is one solution, or policymakers could consider forgiving the medical school debt of doctors who choose primary care as a profession.

The cost of health insurance in the Consumer Price Index dropped by nearly 30% for the 12 months ending in July. However, economists expect that trend…

CMS has proposed speeding up the response times for authorization, but some desperate patients have turned to publicly shaming insurance companies on social media to get tests, drugs, and treatments approved.