PBM Math: Big Chains Are Paid $23.55 To Fill a Blood Pressure Rx. Small Drugstores? $1.51.
CUTHBERT, Ga. — While customers at Adams Family Pharmacy picked up their prescriptions on a hot summer day, some stopped in for coffee, ice cream, homemade cake, or cookies. It wasn’t a bake sale, but the sweets bring extra revenue as pharmacist and co-owner Nikki Bryant works to achieve profitability at her business on the…
Enrollment in 2024 Marketplace health plans during open enrollment reaches record high
In this article Medicaid unwinding Continued enhancement of ACA subsidies Future of subsidy enhancements uncertain State-by-state details Why enrollment in West Virginia spiked How and why premiums vary from state to state Open enrollment highlights by state During the open enrollment period for 2024 health coverage, more than 21.4 million people enrolled in private qualified…
What consumers need to know about unauthorized Marketplace plan changes
In this article HealthCare.gov policyholders at risk Scammers circumvent consumers protections The damage to affected Marketplace buyers Factors that led to the alleged fraudulent activity Buyers with lower incomes targeted Is this happening in states that run their own Marketplaces? What should consumers do? UPDATE, Sep. 19, 2024: Since this article was published, CMS has…
Voters Fret High Medical Bills Are Being Ignored by Presidential Rivals
Tom Zawierucha, 58, a building services worker in New Jersey, wishes candidates would talk more about protecting older Americans from big medical bills. Teresa Morton, 43, a freight dispatcher in Memphis, Tennessee, with two teenagers, wants to hear more about how elected officials would help working Americans saddled with unaffordable deductibles. Yessica Gray, 28, a…