Health Care Reform

Non-emergency medical transportation, or NEMT, provides transportation for people to and from such medical services as mental health counseling sessions, substance abuse treatment, dialysis and physical therapy.

According to the National Business Group on Health, just three percent of large self-insured employers contract directly with an accountable-care organization for health care, but those that do are reaping the benefits.

Idaho says it will allow insurers to ignore some ACA rules on plans not sold on the marketplace, aiming to make these state-based plans less costly.

Administration priorities will include fighting the opioid addiction crisis and getting control over prescription drug prices.

Amazon.com Inc., Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. say they plan to collaborate on a way to offer health-care services to their U.S. employees more transparently and at a lower cost.

While they regard it as the most critical issue in the nation, U.S. workers rate the health care system poorly, according to a new study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald & Associates.