NC Insurer Launches Price Transparency Website
Aimed Alliance applauds a North Carolina insurer for recently launching a price transparency website to show patients how much the…
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Prisons Must Provide Adequate Treatment for Inmates with Hepatitis C
Despite prisons’ legal obligation to provide health care to inmates, many inmates with hepatitis C have been denied access to…
Survey Finds Generic Medication Prices Are on the Rise
According to a recent survey conducted by Consumer Reports, the cost of generic medications are increasing. Between August 2013 and…
Actavis Drug Substitution Case Ruling Receives Due Criticism
In People of the State of New York v. Actavis, the New York Attorney General alleges that the pharmaceutical company…
Mass. Bill Proposes Price Controls on Patient’s Medications
Lawmakers in Massachusetts have introduced S.1048, legislation to make the costs of prescription drugs more transparent and, in some cases,…
NM Regulators Reject Massive Insurance Rate Hike for 2016
New Mexico’s State Insurance Superintendent rejected an insurer’s request to raise insurance premiums by more than 51.6 percent on individual…
Anti-Competition Concerns Arise after Latest Health Insurance Merger Deal
The recent merger between two of the nation’s largest health insurance companies has prompted antitrust and anti-competition concerns from other…
TX Judge Orders Insurer To Pay for Patient’s Life-Saving Cancer Treatment
A Texas judge ordered Aetna to cover the cancer treatment for a man with advanced prostate cancer after he was…
Insurer Seeks Massive Premium Increases in NC
Despite already high premiums, the largest health insurance company in the state of North Carolina is calling for a 34.6…
New Technologies Bring Health Care Access to Rural Americans
A recent federally-approved drone delivery program successfully transported 24 packages of medicines and medical supplies to a rural Virginia health…