Crime Pays for Drug Companies
Abilify (aripiprazole) has become the best selling drug in the United States, topping $1.5 billion in the third quarter of 2013, outselling Nexium, the second-best selling drug. How is it that Abilfy, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
What’s in your network?
Network adequacy – the ability of a health plan to provide enrollees with timely access to needed care included in the benefit contract – continues to capture headlines throughout the country as states consider how to engage in the conversation...
Going for the Gold by Helping Consumers Get Good Care
If sports offer lessons for life, we might look to Sochi for a few pointers. For starters, the Sochi Olympic Winter Games attracted more participants than ever. But as those of us glued to our televisions have seen, the path...
Health Equity in Focus: The Numbers Don’t Lie: Advancing Health Equity in Oregon through Better Data Collection
The consequences of not having accurate data can lead to culturally inappropriate interventions, and, as a result, poor health outcomes. – Dr. Connie Nguyen-Truong, Ph.D., RN, PCCN, Oregon As a nurse and scientist, Dr. Nguyen-Truong seeks to understand both the...
Happy Anniversary, CHIPRA! Why it matters, and what’s next
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), which extended the authorization for CHIP. In honor of this anniversary, we want to reflect on all the great gains in children’s health coverage we've made...
More Work to Be Done: Culturally Competent LGBT Enrollment Practices
January’s enrollment updates tell us that the total number of those enrolled in Marketplace health insurance coverage hovers above two million. Another 3.9 million individuals have been determined eligible for state Medicaid and CHIP programs. And we know that more...
The Insider: The Boogeyman Under the Bed: Adverse Selection in the ACA and other Dysfunctional Fantasies
I kept thinking I wouldn't have to write this blog because people would figure out that all the hand wringing about adverse selection in the Marketplaces was just a tempest in a teapot. The press has been so bad on...
Say What You Want To Say
Federal Court in Missouri suspends state laws to regulate federally approved counsellors helping consumers enroll in the federal Marketplace