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Healthcare

The End to the Chicago Teacher Strike Underscores Pension Crisis
Budget, Education, Healthcare, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager, State Issues, Taxes

The End to the Chicago Teacher Strike Underscores Pension Crisis

November 7, 2019 Peter Klensch

While Windy City children can finally start heading back to school, the Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) 11-day strike resulted in no reform, to the detriment of students, taxpayers, and the fiscal health of the entire state of Illinois. With a median salary of $78,000, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teachers make more than 60 percent of […]

Warren’s Medicare for All: I’ll See Your $32 Trillion and Raise it to $52 Trillion
Healthcare, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager

Warren’s Medicare for All: I’ll See Your $32 Trillion and Raise it to $52 Trillion

November 5, 2019 Elizabeth Wright

Warren says her healthcare plan would cost an additional $20.5 trillion in new federal spending over ten years.

Healthcare, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager

A Republican Plan for Healthcare

November 1, 2019 Elizabeth Wright

The plan, “A Framework for Personalized, Affordable Care,” is focused in its approach.

Senate Democrats Try to Stop Trump Administration Progress in Lowering Insurance Premiums
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Senate Democrats Try to Stop Trump Administration Progress in Lowering Insurance Premiums

October 30, 2019 Elizabeth Wright

The Senate is debating S. J. Res. 52, a joint resolution that would stop the progress the Trump administration has made to help reduce the cost of premiums and provided more choices in the individual insurance marketplace.  The resolution is being considered under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) and it would disapprove the guidance the […]

Trick:  Speaker Pelosi Proposes a Ghastly Drug Price Control Bill
Healthcare, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager

Trick: Speaker Pelosi Proposes a Ghastly Drug Price Control Bill

October 29, 2019 Alex Abrams

H.R. 3 would mutilate American biopharmaceutical development of innovative medicines that are tackling serious diseases.

Treat:  Access Is Expanded for Quality, Affordable, and Private Health Coverage
Healthcare, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager

Treat: Access Is Expanded for Quality, Affordable, and Private Health Coverage

October 28, 2019 Alex Abrams

The expansion of HRAs is expected to benefit more than 11 million employees and their families.

Price Controls for Dummies
General Waste, Healthcare, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager

Price Controls for Dummies

October 23, 2019 Thomas Schatz

Democrats should learn what price controls REALLY mean.

Healthcare, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager, State Issues, Taxes

D.C. Soda Tax Could Give Taxpayers A Nasty Toothache

October 12, 2019 Peter Klensch

The D.C. City Council could approve one of the highest soda taxes in the nation. On October 7, 2019, D.C. Councilmember Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1) introduced the Healthy Beverage Choices Act, which would place a 1.5 cent-per-ounce excise tax on sweetened beverages.  The tax would be the third highest in the country, after Seattle, Washington and […]

Healthcare, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager

President Trump’s Great Ideas to Improve Medicare and the Contradictions

October 5, 2019 Elizabeth Wright

His effort to enhance Medicare is commendable.

Healthcare, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager

How Did Maryland Drop Their Individual Insurance Premiums by 22 Percent?

September 28, 2019 Elizabeth Wright

Citizens who purchased health insurance on the Maryland Health Connection, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, marketplace exchange,saw their premiums drop an average of 13 percent in 2019 and will see an average 10 percent decrease starting January 2020.  The 2019 decrease was the first time since ACA was implemented that […]

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