Gregg Margolis: Three things to read about health policy this week
Gregg Margolis, Director of Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), shared a post on LinkedIn:
“If you can only read three things about health policy this week, I suggest:
NBC News:
Top Three Insurers Reaped $7.3 Billion Through Their Drug Middlemen’s Markups, FTC Says The three largest drug middlemen inflated the costs of numerous life-saving medications by billions of dollars over the past few years, the Federal Trade Commission said in a report Tuesday. The top pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — CVS Health’s Caremark Rx, Cigna’s Express Scripts, and United Health Group’s Optum Rx — generated roughly $7.3 billion through price hikes over about five years starting in 2017, the FTC said. (Kopack and Kaplan, 1/14)
Modern Healthcare:
3 Biden Healthcare Regulations Trump Will Have To Finalize When President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House next Monday, his administration faces key decisions on healthcare policies President Joe Biden left uncompleted. Regulations governing Medicare, remote prescribing of controlled substances, and billing disputes between health insurers and providers top the list of proposed rules the Trump administration will have to retain, modify, or eliminate.
To be sure, the Biden administration could opt to rush out final rules in his last days, but they are more likely to fall to the new team. (Early, 1/13)
Politico:
Medicaid, ACA, Climate Measures on GOP Chopping Block House Republicans are passing around a menu of more than $5 trillion in cuts they could use to bankroll President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities this year, including tax cuts and border security. The early list of potential spending offsets obtained by Politico includes changes to Medicare and ending Biden administration climate programs, along with slashing welfare and reimagining the Affordable Care Act. (Leonard, Hill, and Tamborrino, 1/10)
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