…cities across the country that are grappling with scorching temperatures. They have backgrounds in public health, nonprofit work, government, and corporate sustainability. For an hour, this motley brigade consists of…

…higher premiums and cost sharing and downward pressure on wages. Scant evidence points to higher quality delivered by the higher-price hospital systems. The new Medicaid rule further increases hospitals’ market…

…a soccer game; a couple of women chatted while sharing a bottle of juice. As I walked into the shade, I could feel my body go from a state of…

…to HHS asking it to rethink its appeal. They were urging the department to drop the appeal to ensure Americans receive cost-sharing protections for their expensive medications. Copay assistance is…

Increasing profits far above actual costs. Think Medicare Advantage as compared to Medicare. Over the past 20 years, the prices of hospital services have grown faster than any other sector of the…

…say the program needs reform. Yet, major payers in MA are pushing back against regulatory changes which could upset their golden goose. (MA can be twice as profitable for insurers…

…sales pricing, fixed costs like worker and farmer compensation, and output by individual companies. Participating processors in the data sharing account for “more than 90% of broiler chicken sales, 80%…

…better job is to relocate then there is a major barrier to sharing in economic gains.  This has certainly happened in many areas where industries have closed or moved away….

…for the navigators who help people sign up. Eliminating cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers so low-income enrollees would have lower out-of-pocket costs. Eliminating the individual mandate, which the Congressional Budget…

…newer digital line items from app-store charges to online casinos and ride-sharing that simply didn’t exist when the threshold was first set. None of that changes the underlying federal definition,…