Blog Posts in 2024

In his new book, Dr. Atul Gawande explores the troublesome intersection of dying and healthcare in America. Faced with their own mortality, people often choose other priorities over endless medical interventions aimed at extending their ...

WellPoint CEO Joseph Swedish explains the strategy behind Anthem's new joint venture with seven Southern California health systems, which will share risk as an integrated network with a no-deductible, low-cost plan. The model is one of ...

Since it began three years ago, Medicare's test of accountable care hasn't asked beneficiaries who are not assigned to an accountable care organization whether they want to voluntarily enroll. That will change next year when some ...

Some low-cost generic drugs that have helped restrain health care costs for decades are seeing unexpected price spikes of up to 8,000%, prompting a backlash from patients, pharmacists and now Washington lawmakers. A Senate panel met ...