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Many people do not take drugs as directed-skipping doses, taking the wrong number of pills or taking them at the wrong time of day. Poor adherence results in millions of dollars of medical expenses each year.
The president chose to submit a profoundly unserious budget. There's no entitlement reform to close the long-term fiscal gap. There's no tax reform. There are some minor cuts to marginal programs for show. But, overall, it's very much a business-as-usual budget, with a few new and expensive long-term commitments thrown in for good measure. It's like the president and his team woke up after the mid-term election with a bad case of political amnesia.
In his 2012 budget, the president proposed a two-year, $54 billion solution to stop the scheduled cuts to doctors who treat Medicare patients. The plan draws on savings from a variety of sources, including states, drug makers
One of the lesser-known provisions of the new health law calls for federal loans to help fund health cooperatives. Scott Armstrong, the CEO of Group Health, says that co-ops can improve patient care and contain costs.
In regard to the health law's CLASS program, too little political space exists to advance midcourse corrections or enact programmatic improvements -- that's a price Democrats paid by achieving their dream of near-universal coverage on a party-line vote; and by Republicans, because of their implacable opposition to just about everything Democrats proposed.
An Obama administration memo details flexibility to determine which insurers can participate in health insurance exchanges, tailor Medicaid programs and even offer health savings accounts.
In a letter to Justice Thomas, 74 House Democratic members write that "the only correct path" is for the judge to recuse himself from deliberations on cases involving the new health care law.
Now that House Republicans, along with a few Democrats, have passed a bill to repeal last year's health reform law, they are planning to offer some alternatives for replacing it. But how can we tell if their plans are likely to tackle the of high health care spending?
Dartmouth researchers argue that ordering screenings for people with no symptoms too often leads to costly treatment for people who would likely never have gotten sick.
HHS is considering a number of options to make sure healthy, less costly people are attracted to the long-term care program and costs are held in check.
House Republicans are holding committee hearings this week on the health law's provisions governing Medicare, abortion and small business.
House Republicans are holding committee hearings this week on the health law's provisions governing Medicare, abortion and small business.
HHS is considering a number of options to make sure healthy, less costly people are attracted to the long-term care program and costs are held in check.
When 34 Senate Democrats joined all 47 Republicans last week to repeal ObamaCare's 1099 reporting requirement, their votes confirmed what their talking points still deny: ObamaCare will increase the deficit.
Some experts are proposing alternatives to mandating that nearly all Americans purchase health insurance - a requirement in the health law - including offering discounts for early buyers and instituting eligibility periods to use subsidies.
State health policy expert Alan Weil offers his take on how states are wrestling with the implementation of health reform
A federal judge in Mississippi dismissed a challenge to the health law Thursday, only days after another federal judge ruled the law was unconstitutional because of its insurance mandate.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduced an amendment to an unrelated bill today that would repeal the health law. Senators from both sides took to the floor, with Republicans arguing that the country wants repeal and Democrats maintaining that the benefits of the law are popular and outweigh any flaws in the legislation. Watch excerpts from the debate.
Arizona has already asked for permission to trim back the program, and other states may follow as enhanced funding from Washington expires.
The new health law requires beefed-up appeals processes, but insurance companies and advocates are battling over exactly what that means.
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