In The Media, USA Today: EpiPen maker to offer discounts after price hike firestorm
Drugmaker Mylan (MYL) said Thursday that it would offer discounts on a life-saving allergy shot after generating a firestorm when it implemented sharp price increases for the treatment…
Read more >In The Media, USA Today: Ex-pharma CEO Martin Shkreli defends EpiPen price increase
Pharmaceutical firebrand Martin Shkreli has injected himself into the debate over the skyrocketing price of a life-saving allergy treatment, arguing that the manufacturer of EpiPen doesn’t make much money and instead blaming insurers for not covering the tab…
Read more >Bridge Magazine, In The Media: Amid opioid crisis, few doctors use Michigan’s outdated drug monitoring tool
The case against Dr. Oscar Linares, once the busiest internist in Monroe, Mich., broke five years ago, but paging through the criminal complaint filed against him in 2011 reveals a parade of startling details that time hasn’t softened…
Read more >In The Media, USA Today: Aetna’s exit deals blow to Obamacare, patients
Health insurer Aetna announced late Monday that it is dropping Obamacare insurance in 69% of the counties and 11 of 15 states where it currently offers plans…
Read more >In The Media, The Gazette: Iowa hospitals use state law to stifle competition, critics say: Certificate of Need law, in Iowa since 1977, exists in most states
Ceiling-mounted microscopes, sterilizers and phacoemulsification equipment sit dormant in Dr. Lee Birchansky’s operating rooms — hundreds of thousands of dollars wasted because Birchansky can’t get state permission to do cataract surgery in his office at the Fox Eye Laser and Cosmetic Institute on H Avenue NE…
Read more >In The Media, Michigan Radio: Michigan working toward ‘next generation’ of primary care
Diane Marriott, Project Manager for the Michigan Primary Care Transformation Project (MiPCT), and Natalie Adewunmi, an RN and care manager with Integrated Health Associates (IHA), discuss how primary care has changed in Michigan because of MiPCT.
Read more >Dome Magazine, In The Media: Michigan’s Obamacare
Governor Snyder deserves our thanks for having the foresight and courage to buck many in his own Republican Party in supporting ‘Obamacare’, aka, the U.S. Affordable Care Act…
Read more >In The Media, The Herald Palladium: Why not shop around?
Rosalie Plechaty of South Haven admits she often doesn’t ask her health care providers about the cost of prescriptions, office visits or medical procedures…
Read more >In The Media, Michigan Radio: Michigan doctors not overwhelmed by Affordable Care Act, study shows
CHRT Director, Marianne Udow-Phillips, discusses the impact of the Healthy Michigan Plan since it was launched in April 2014.
Read more >In The Media, The Daily Signal: Anthem to Federal Government: Approve Merger and We’ll Expand to More Obamacare Exchanges
Despite projections that it’s losing money this year, Anthem offered to expand its business on Obamacare’s exchanges in nine states if the federal government allows the company to move forward with its merger with Cigna…
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