…to extract profits from employers, nearly all of STAT’s sources said. “The broker not only gives bad advice to the employer that’s in the broker’s self-interest, but the broker also…

…on average, covering only 49 percent of their enrollees’ medical costs. While this is likely highly profitable for the STLDI companies, their enrollees may not realize the financial protection they…

…price of drugs by many thousand percent with patent monopolies. The potential profits from selling a drug at a price that is several thousand percent above its production cost gives…

…eliminate cost-sharing. Upon being authorized and financed, CalCare will establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system. CalCare will be set up…

…supporters argue the U.S. government’s role in negotiating drug prices could stifle innovation. While profitability is the engine of innovation, how much profitability is needed to innovate is not clear….

…official statements—neither favors privatization, and the VFW is on the record objecting to the very access standards the bill codifies into law. Value-Based Care? The HEALTH Act’s embrace of for-profit…

…position that Biden must run in 2024 despite his age. I’m sharing my thoughts with you in the hopes that our dialogue here will perhaps help clarify the ongoing debate….

…“D” for protecting consumers from copay accumulators. The Buckeye State currently sits among numerous states given a “D” in an annual report by the nonprofit AIDS Institute on protecting citizens from PBM/insurers’…

…hospitals lose money delivering services to patients, while most urban hospitals and larger rural hospitals make profits on patient services. Contributions of Patient Services and Other Revenues to Total Margins…

…And why? While most urban hospitals and larger rural hospitals make profits on patient services, most small rural hospitals lose money delivering services to patients, ” CHQPR says in its…