As Valeant’s CEO Apologizes, the Rest of the Industry Keeps Hiking Drug Prices

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/04/27/Valeant-s-CEO-Apologizes-Rest-Industry-Keeps-Hiking-Drug-Prices?utm_campaign=541c47950e351dbe08037e5f&utm_source=boomtrain&utm_medium=email&bt_alias=eyJ1c2VySWQiOiJmNzlkMTEyZi03NTg3LTQwMGMtYWNjNC04ZDBiMTQwZmM0YTUifQ%3D%3D

“It used to be the drug companies only took one price increase a year,” Dr. Steve Miller, chief medical officer at Express Scripts, a major drug-benefit manager, told the Times. “Now what they’re doing is taking multiple price increases multiple times a year.”

Doctors and patients are discussing ways to cut costs

http://www.scpr.org/blogs/health/2016/02/02/18109/doctors-and-patients-are-discussing-ways-to-cut-co/

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2016 PPO Plans Remove Out-Of-Network Cost Limits, A Costly Trap For Consumers

http://khn.org/news/2016-ppo-plans-remove-out-of-network-cost-limits-a-costly-trap-for-consumers/

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Click to access PPO_This%20Years%20Model.pdf

Halfway Through My Obamacare Pregnancy

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/pregnant-obamacare/410356/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%20Weekly%20Roundup:%20Healthcare%20Dive%2010-17-2015&utm_term=Healthcare%20Dive%20Weekender

Which procedures are mandatory? Which aren’t? And why is it so hard to know?

One-quarter of seniors have healthcare cost concerns

http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/managed-healthcare-executive/news/one-quarter-seniors-have-healthcare-cost-concerns

Close Up Portrait of Worried Senior Couple

Close Up Portrait of Worried Senior Couple

Does Hillary Clinton Have the Rx For Rising Health Costs?

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Washington-Watch/ElectionCoverage/53738?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-09-26&eun=g885344d0r

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She released two proposals this week aimed at curbing patients’ health spending

Deductible rise shows no signs of slowing, report shows, as employers shift healthcare costs to workers

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/deductible-rise-shows-no-signs-slowing-report-shows-employers-shift-healthcare-costs-workers?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRouvq3IZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ITcdkI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Premiums for job-based medical insurance rose 4 percent in 2015, but employers continued to shift in expenses to workers.

The winners and losers in Massachusetts’ latest health care spending report card

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/health-care/2015/09/the-winners-and-losers-in-massachusetts-latest.html?ana=e_vert_st_20150914

The 8 biggest healthcare issues in 2015 so far

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/the-8-biggest-healthcare-issues-in-2015-so-far.html

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4.4 percent of Americans don’t receive medical care because of cost

http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/story/44-percent-americans-dont-receive-medical-care-because-cost/2015-09-01

CDC data finds percentage down from 6.9 in 2009, but barriers remain