by Karen Timberlake | Feb 4, 2020 | Health Policy
Health care affordability is gaining steam as a topic not just on the presidential debate stage but also among state and federal policy makers. Researchers at Altarum, a nonprofit health care consulting group, decided to dig into the relationship between the relative...
by Beth M. Cubriel | Jan 14, 2020 | Members & Employers
In October, my colleague John Zordani provided an outline of the leading Democratic presidential candidates’ positions on health care reform. While we still don’t know who the Democratic nominee for President will be, President Trump is expected to represent the...
by Brandt Dietry | Dec 17, 2019 | Health Policy
Governor Tony Evers created the Governor’s Task Force on Prescription Drug Pricing in response to a growing concern over rising drug prices. In announcing the task force, the Governor said, “Picking up a medication shouldn’t break the bank, but it often does for our...
by John Zordani | Oct 28, 2019 | Health Policy
Health care is already looming large as an issue in the upcoming 2020 presidential election. The broad field of Democratic presidential candidates is advancing a full range of policy proposals, from single-payer to a public option to public-private hybrids. The...
by Cathy Mahaffey | Oct 10, 2019 | Health Policy
Cathy Mahaffey is CEO of the non-profit Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, Wisconsin’s largest individual market carrier serving 20 counties in Eastern Wisconsin. If you follow health policy or political news, you may have heard mention of “surprise bills,” a...