HealthCare Advocates' Blog

10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/29/politics/medicare-drug-price-negotiations/index.html

https://www.self.com/story/how-to-get-vaccination-records?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Many Insurers Have Stopped Waiving the Cost of Covid Treatment. Is That Fair?

https://www.marketwatch.com/articles/vaccines-are-free-covid-care-is-not-who-should-pay-51631739943?mod=mw_latestnews

Delta Air Lines announced this week it would introduce a $200 health-insurance surcharge for workers not vaccinated against COVID-19

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/should-unvaccinated-employees-pay-more-for-health-insurance-many-workers-say-yes-11629998450?mod=mw_latestnews

The non-vaccinated may pay more for life insurance:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/health-insurers-cant-charge-higher-premiums-to-those-who-dont-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-but-those-people-still-could-wind-up-paying-more-11629303208?mod=mw_latestnews

Moderna’s Covid Vaccine Should Work Against the New Strains—at Least for Now. What Its CEO Said.

https://www.marketwatch.com/articles/modernas-covid-vaccine-should-work-against-new-strains-for-now-what-its-ceo-said-51609870246?mod=mw_latestnews

Substance use is rising during COVID-19

Read: https://www.marketwatch.com/video/sectorwatch/substance-use-is-rising-during-covid-19-here-how-ai-could-help/B254FA70-1CF1-4851-898B-FA22B0F3630D.html?mod=MW_article_top_stories

Trump administration sues Walmart, alleging role in fueling opioid crisis:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-administration-sues-walmart-alleging-role-in-fueling-opioid-crisis-2020-12-22?mod=mw_latestnews

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-is-the-most-popular-medicare-supplement-plan-01602877496?mod=mw_latestnews

Why some nursing homes did better in protecting residents from coronavirus:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-some-nursing-homes-did-better-in-protecting-residents-from-coronavirus-2020-06-10?mod=mw_latestnews