Friday Five: Top 5 healthcare business news items from the MCOL Weekend edition
Every business day, MCOL posts feature stories making news on the
business of health care. Here are five we think are particularly
important for this week:
Medicaid Expansion Takes A Bite Out Of Medical Debt As the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress look to
scale back Medicaid, many voters and state lawmakers across the country
are moving to make it bigger. Kaiser Health News
Friday, November
17, 2017
Medicare Seeks Comment On Ways To Cut Costs Of Part D Drugs Noting that the true price of a drug is often hidden from
consumers, Medicare officials requested comments late Thursday on how to
use discounts and rebates to help decrease what enrollees pay for
prescriptions. Kaiser Health News
Thursday,
November 16, 2017
Remembering Health Care Economist Uwe Reinhardt Reinhardt, who died on Monday, helped shape the debate about
health care by advocating for individual mandates and universal health
care. Originally broadcast in 2009. NPR
Thursday,
November 16, 2017
Sign-ups hit 1.5 million in first two weeks of ACA open
enrollment HealthCare.gov sign-ups continue to outpace last year's, with
nearly 1.5 million people selecting plans during the first two weeks of
open enrollment. Modern Healthcare
Wednesday,
November 15, 2017
Bill Gates says big data can help solve the Alzheimer's puzzle Through his foundation, Bill Gates has focused on reducing global
poverty, finding cures for infectious diseases, and promoting education
and sustainable energy. Now Gates is getting into an area that's new for
him: Alzheimer's disease.
Monday, November
13, 2017
These and more weekly news items on the business of healthcare are
featured in the
MCOL Weekend
edition, along with the MCOL Tidbits, and more, for
MCOL Premium level members.
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