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Poll: Prescription pricing tops health care concerns

November 1, 2016 by MMR Kaiser Family Foundation, Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, prescription drug prices Leading Headlines, Retail News, Topics

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Reining in prescription drug prices tops the list of health care priorities for Americans as they ready for a new president and Congress, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Of more than 1,200 U.S. adults surveyed in the health think tank’s latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, 74% said making high-cost drugs

Rx can help rein in nation’s health costs

June 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Woldt Affordable Care Act, Health insurance companies, Jeffrey Woldt, Kaiser Family Foundation 2016, Issue 06-27-16, Issues, Opinion

Health insurance companies are in the midst of negotiating with regulators about the size of premium increases for 2017, and early indications are that consumers and other payers won’t be happy with the results. A new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation examines rates for the first and second lowest-cost Silver options, the most commonly