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As a result of Hurricane Helene and the backlog from the suspended dockworkers' strike, "the market will be highly constrained," said Jesse Schafer, executive director of the Healthcare Industry Resilience Collaborative.

Analysts predict basing domestic prices on international prices would save money but cause problems.

Vance implied that the current underwriting would stay. Walz predicted that sick people would lose their coverage.

Sutter Health, a large hospital system in Northern California, allegedly charged 30% more than comparable hospitals after implementing anticompetitive contracting practices in the early 2000s.

The three largest PBMs, including CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx, "handle 79% of U.S. medical prescriptions for approximately 270 million people."

If you track the revenue of UnitedHealth, Cigna, Aetna/CVSHealth, Anthem/Elevance, and the Blues combined, you'll see that as their revenue goes up, so do the premiums charged to employers and employees.

Cost Plus works directly with drug manufacturers to bypass middle men and lower prices.

Regulators are considering requiring hospitals to use ID numbers to help determine whether big facility fees reflect the care provided.