New Hampshire moves one step closer to imposing stricter work reporting requirements for Medicaid expansion recipients than the fed govt is proposing. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

CNBC highlights how #alternativefundingprograms are forcing patients to take illegally imported medications--and getting away with it. cnb.cx/3LILBbX

Patients and advocates are rallying behind Senate Bill 207, calling for a ban on copay accumulator programs that threaten access to life-saving medications. Learn more here! #OH #CitizenPortal #HealthcareAccess #PatientAssistance #InsuranceReform

Watch our new 60-second ad calling out excessive 340B-eligible hospital CEO pay: youtu.be/Q8zaGIZqDp4

ACA marketplace premium hikes can be higher or lower depending on a person’s state, income and how much help they receive. For some, the loss of subsidies can amount to triple-digit increases. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Amgen sues Colorado again now that PDAB price cap causes actual injury. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Bausch Health leaves Medicaid and 340B programs as drugmakers face changing calculus on pricing www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... via @statnews.com

New research by the European Broadcasting Union and the BBC found that 20% of AI chatbots’ answers to questions about current news stories “contained major accuracy issues, including hallucinated details and outdated information.” popular.info/p/what-happe...

Patient navigation helps people move through the health system, improving outcomes and cutting costs. But implementation is uneven. It’s time to make patient navigation a standard part of person-centred care. #HealthPolicy #PatientNavigation #HPP www.healthpolicypartnership.com/patient-navi...

Reforms to the complicated drug discount program known as 340B complicated even more now by millions expected to lose insurance coverage because of Republican policies targeting Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/m... #healthpolicy

Multiple myeloma drug pulled from market gains FDA approval despite lingering safety concerns. www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyon...

We need your help to collect more stories like this one. Strong patient voices are needed to advocate for data-informed decisions by our government representatives. Share YOUR story now: zurl.co/BKKdV #PatientWhy #PrescriptionCosts #HealthcareReform

KFF: Officials Show Little Proof That New Tech Will Help Medicaid Enrollees Meet Work Rules. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Colorado PDAB members live out of state. Does it matter when they are deciding what drugs are affordable in state? coloradosun.com/2025/10/21/c...

We need your help to collect more stories like this one. Strong patient voices are needed to advocate for data-informed decisions by our government representatives. Share YOUR story now: zurl.co/BKKdV #PatientWhy #PrescriptionCosts #HealthcareReform

Research shows that patients who got COVID vaccine before starting cancer immunotherapy lived "significantly longer." www.statnews.com/2025/10/19/m...

The data seem to call into question FDA statements that it is hiring more reviewers, inspectors and criminal investigators. Agency officials hired only 11 people at CDER and five at CBER in the third and fourth quarters. insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/a...

America is in a cost crisis when it comes to home and auto insurance. A number of states have a controversial answer: price controls.

Good article in @bloomberg.com about the sticker shock #IDAHO residents received yesterday as it became the first state to launch 2026 #ACA Open Enrollment (I get a quick mention): www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Very large premium increases on the horizon. www.inquirer.com/health/penni...

A 2024 survey of more than 210 patients found the average wait to get meds through an #AlternativeFundingProgram was 68 days, which worsened a quarter of respondents’ conditions. www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/new-w...

UnitedHealth paid AARP $9 billion to sell Medicare products www.axios.com/2025/10/10/u...

Another cool advancement for those of us getting older: FDA cleared a novel biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease that can be used in primary care settings

New Regeneron gene therapy for deafness appears promising. www.biopharmadive.com/news/regener...

Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing—How Courts Could Shape Future Health Regulation url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

As if we needed more evidence that Medicaid work reporting requirements are counterproductive. www.propublica.org/article/geor...

Work requirements enacted as part of a Medicaid expansion program in Georgia did not increase insurance coverage or employment relative to neighboring states that did not expand Medicaid, a study suggested. https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/medicaid/117748?trw=no

We are disappointed the CO PDAB ignored patient voices and adopted an unproven UPL that risks new barriers to care. Patients deserve policies that actually lower out-of-pocket costs. Read our Statement: https://eachpic.org/each-pic-statement-on-co-pdab-setting-upl-for-enbrel/

Keep in mind: much of the difference between KFF's initial estimate of an average premium increase for ACA enrollees of 75% and the update to 114% is b/c Trump's CMS deliberately choose to cut subsidies even further by changing inflation calculation.

Judge rejects Democratic state AGs' push to block ACA final rule. www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/j...

Support for Congress to extend the enhanced premium tax credits remains very high, even among Republicans and MAGA supporters.

Today we’re launching #WTHellth?! — a space for patients fed up with long waits, high bills, insurance headaches, and more. 📢 Share your story, meme, or reel & tag #WTHellth?! or submit at WTHellth.org. Let’s be heard!

An analyst at Cantor Fitzgerald argues that the Pfizer deal “appears largely benign” and is “more optics than bite.” www.biopharmadive.com/news/pfizer-...

The EACH/PIC Coalition (www.eachpic.org) is now on Blue Sky @eachpic.bsky.social! See the results of their recent patient survey on drug access and affordability.

An experimental treatment slowed the devastating progression of Huntington’s disease, a rare hopeful advance against a genetic disease that robs people of control of their bodies and minds in the prime of life.

Astra Zeneca becomes first to seek SCOTUS review of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Doctor Here 👋 IT'S OFFICIAL: CT, ME, MA, NJ, NY State, PA, RI & New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts. #medsky #publichealth #healthpolicy

Massachusetts is set to protect stable patients from nonmedical switching of prescription drugs starting in 2026, a major win for health advocacy! Get the details #MA #CitizenPortal #PatientProtection #HealthPolicy #PrescriptionStability

Posting this unanimous SCOTUS decision from 2024 for no particular reason.

MIT study “found that using ChatGPT to help write essays leads to long-term cognitive harm—measurable through EEG brain scans” publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi... People depending on LLM AI will become stupider/incompetent relative to those who don’t

Connecticut is latest example of how rate hikes are doubling for 2026 due to expiring enhancement of ACA premium subsidies. ctmirror.org/2025/09/10/r...

❗❗❗NEW RESEARCH ALERT ❗❗❗ With @beniwalsukriti.bsky.social and @salpykanimian.bsky.social we examine the impact of states converting from Healthcare.Gov to #StateBasedMarketplaces after 2018 in the #ACA journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... TLDR: No detectable effects #HealthPolicy 1/7

To achieve "narrower networks" UnitedHealth may simply drop physician practices or clinics that treat the sickest patients – especially those that provide more expensive treatments like infusion drugs. open.substack.com/pub/healthca...

As lawmakers grapple with the promise of AI in health care, concerns mount as over 16 million Americans risk losing Medicaid coverage due to administrative missteps. Learn more here! #US #CitizenPortal #MedicaidAccess #HealthPolicyReform #AIInHealthCare

Why direct-to-consumer sales are unlikely to significantly lower drug costs www.statnews.com/2025/08/19/d...

Health insurance carriers request raising ACA premiums by more than 20% on average in Texas www.texastribune.org/2025/08/21/t... via @texastribune.org

A funding shortfall for a key copay assistance program to help make eye injections more affordable for low-income patients has caused widespread disruption in treatment, researchers have found. ms.spr.ly/63321s3QyZ