Mar 11, 2020 | Federal Issues, Issues, News, State Issues
Consolidation is primarily a business decision that is made to increase monopoly or exercise rigorous control. Over the years, the health care industry has been a constant witness to mergers and acquisitions, such as hospitals buying individual physician practices or...
Mar 10, 2020 | Issues, News, State Issues
California has a new healthcare law beginning this year in 2020 under which state residents: Are required to have qualifying health insurance (employer-sponsored plans, coverage through Covered California or from insurers, Medicaid and most Medicaid plans) Without...
Feb 20, 2020 | News, State Issues
Unbelievable as it sounds: Patients in the United States are going to jail because of unpaid medical bills. Last fall, the independent non-profit news outlet ProPublica published an explosive investigation by Lizzie Presser, which uncovered how patients in Kansas were...
Feb 13, 2020 | News, State Issues
Patients in Ohio could gain an important protection from higher out-of-pocket insurance costs. State Representative Susan Manchester, R-Waynesfield, has teamed up with State Representative Thomas West, D-Canton, to author health care reform legislation that will...
Dec 17, 2019 | Letters Supported, State Issues
PSSNY PBM Support Letter from Patient Advocate Groups The legal requirement that the welfare of patients is the primary duty and obligation of anyPBM aligns their responsibilities with those of every other state regulated entity inhealthcare. This alignment is good...
Aug 6, 2019 | Issues, State Issues
The Issue To reduce patients’ spending on prescription drugs, both Congress and a number of states are considering legislation that would allow Americans to purchase supposedly much cheaper medicines from Canada and elsewhere, which could put Americans’ health and...
