Recent Trends in Commercial Health Insurance Market Concentration
Commercial health insurance markets remain highly concentrated across coverage types. However, the individual market, which…
Recent Trends in Commercial Health Insurance Market Concentration
Commercial health insurance markets remain highly concentrated across coverage types. However, the individual market, which consists mostly of the ACA Marketplaces, has attracted more insurers and witnessed greater insurer competition across a variety of measures since the implementation of the enhanced premium tax credits in 2021, according to a new Healthy System Tracker analysis.
CDC Vaccine Panel Ends Universal Hepatitis B Recommendation and Reviews Aluminum in Vaccines, Plus Public Awareness of Mifepristone Safety — The Monitor
This volume shares updates from the most recent CDC advisory panel meeting, changes to the CDC webpage on autism and vaccines, and polling on trust in news organizations. Additionally, it shares recent developments in AI and social media policy and new KFF poll findings about perceptions of mifepristone’s safety and prevalence.
Wheelchair? Hearing Aids? Yes. ‘Disabled’? No Way.
In her house in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Barbara Meade said, “there are walkers and wheelchairs and oxygen and cannulas all over the place.” Barbara, 82, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, so a portable oxygen tank accompanies her everywhere. Spinal stenosis limits her mobility, necessitating the walkers and wheelchairs and considerable help from her husband, Dennis, who…
Trump Rules Force Cancer Registries To ‘Erase’ Trans Patients From Public Health Data
LISTEN: “People get better care when we know who they are.” That belief is at the heart of why scientists and LGBTQ+ health advocates oppose a new rule that makes it harder to collect data on trans patients with cancer. KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan appeared on WAMU’s Health Hub on Dec. 10 about…
Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit
In a recent Meet the Press appearance, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) joined a growing number of Republicans who are speaking out against Obamacare. One of his lines of attack: that the Affordable Care Act fueled health care consolidation. “What Democrats did 15 years ago was they radically changed all health care in America. They moved…
High deductible health plans: Lessons from Singapore
Republicans are pushing for increased use of high deductible health plans (HDHP). HDHPs have increased over time, from 29% of all employer health plans in 2021 to 33% of all employer health plans in 2025. One country that has successfully used HDHP is Singapore. A 2020 Commonweath Fund Report summarizes 3 components of the Singapore’s…
Evvy Introduces At-Home UTI Test to Expedite Care
Evvy has launched an at-home UTI test that delivers results within one business day along with guidance from an Evvy clinician. The post Evvy Introduces At-Home UTI Test to Expedite Care appeared first on MedCity News.
FDA Flexibility Leads to First Approved Gene Therapy for Rare Blood & Immune System Disorder
Waskyra is the first FDA-approved gene therapy for the rare disease Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and the first such approved product from a non-profit applicant, Fondazione Telethon. Data from Waskyra’s pivotal studies were presented this week during the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. The post FDA Flexibility Leads to First Approved Gene Therapy for…
Tracking Key Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Actions Under the Trump Administration
A new KFF tracker highlights key federal policy actions during President Trump’s second term that concern issues related to mental health and substance use. The second Trump administration has emphasized law-and-order strategies and scaled back several mental health and substance use-related services, while also continuing some treatment-focused initiatives. The tracker can be viewed in multiple…
Biotech Showcase™: Where Innovation Meets Investment and Partnerships
[Sponsored] Make Biotech Showcase your homebase during the busiest week in healthcare. The event convenes 3,200 life science leaders, including 1,200+ investors and over 340 presenting companies, for three days of breakthrough innovation, investment opportunities and strategic collaborations. The post Biotech Showcase™: Where Innovation Meets Investment and Partnerships appeared first on MedCity News.
