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| "It’s not over until it’s over is the story of Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act as the politics never ends and the opportunity for obstruction never ends. But the trend overall has been to increasing implementation and increasing coverage.” | ||
| -David Jones, assistant professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at Boston University |
| Approximately 4.1
million, or 19%, of total Medicare Advantage members originated through an employer-group health plan as of October 2018.
Roughly 443,000 more beneficiaries were enrolled in
employer-group MA plans than in December of 2017 (a 12%
increase). The top five carriers covered nearly 82% of all group
Medicare Advantage enrollees as of October 1, 2018. Growth in
UnitedHealth plans was the primary driver of overall enrollment
gains with approximately 1.3 million group plan members to date.
Aetna added 148,000 group members so far in 2018. Kaiser Foundation Group trailed UnitedHealth and Aetna’s employer-group
MA membership with 536,000. Source: Continued Enrollment Growth in Employer-Group Medicare Advantage, Mark Farrah |
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Drug pricing group launches six-figure ad buy pressuring
Congress to act The Hill, November 13, 2018 Express Scripts offers new formulary for lower list-price drugs Reuters, November 13, 2018 Athenahealth to Sell Itself for $5.47 Billion Wall Street Journal, November 12, 2018 Insurers put out lures as Medicare recipients face big changes Star Tribune, November 10, 2018 Trumpeted New Medicare Advantage Benefits Will Be Hard For Seniors To Find Kaiser Health News, November 9, 2018 Google has hired Geisinger's David Feinberg to lead its health strategy CNBC, November 8, 2018 CVS to test stores with added health services early next year after Aetna deal CNBC, November 6, 2018 Pharma Makes Lobbying Push to Roll Back Seniors' Drug Discounts Bloomberg, November 5, 2018 Healthcare Experts Propose Changes to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs HMPI, November 1, 2018 |
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When Hospitals Merge to Save Money, Patients Often Pay More New York Times, November 14, 2018 Health care’s big breakthroughs aren’t going to come out of Google or Amazon Stat, November 13, 2018 With Divided Congress, Health Care Action Hightails It to the States Roll Call, November 13, 2018 Something Happened to U.S. Drug Costs in the 1990s New York Times, November 12, 2018 |
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Focus on Reducing Medical Costs After Aetna Merger Closes 1. Managing five common chronic conditions — diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, asthma and behavioral health 2. Optimizing and extending primary care, including to expand the scope of services available at CVS' MinuteClinics to help identify and manage chronic diseases. 3. Continue reading here Source: CBNC |
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