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Advocates worry drug company assistance programs will be banned from helping patients with marketplace policies

People who need expensive drugs to treat serious medical conditions often rely on drug manufacturers’ assistance programs to help afford their medications. But it’s uncertain whether such programs are permitted to aid people who buy health insurance on the marketplaces established by the federal health law. With open enrollment ending in less than two months, […]

Health IT

How healthcare can learn from Steve Jobs what value means

“Value” may be the single most overused term in healthcare in 2013. It can pretty much mean anything, and everyone wants it.  No one turns down valuable objects or services and so every stakeholder in healthcare is trying to define what value is in healthcare. Accountable care organizations say value is obtained by slowly replacing […]