Policy and Legislation
Views come as the skyrocketing prices of some drugs are under intense scrutiny, with new evidence showing massive price hikes by some companies.
AHIP leader speaks about value-based care, MACRA and why she favors Clinton at McKesson event Wednesday.
In fact, the sweeping Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, known as MACRA, was known to only 20 percent of physicians surveyed.
Association and hospitals say the user fee is discriminatory, flawed and possibly unconstitutional.
The proposed new recommendation would allow women at average risk for breast cancer to begin screening as early as age 40 and receive a mammogram every one or two years.
Clinton and Trump traded jabs over issues including the economy, the national debt, job creation, fighting ISIS and racial tensions.
BCBS of Nebraska's decision cuts the number of insurers offering products on that state's exchange from four in 2016 to two in 2017.
However, the ballot measure doesn't earmark exactly how much of that money should go to doctors or other health providers.
Drop in competition on the insurance exchange threatens to drive up premiums for many in the state.
A disproportionate number of patients discharged from safety-net hospitals lack access to resources that are needed at that point, such as social support and primary care.