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5 payer trends to watch in 2018

Henry Kotula

Though not as high profile as Anthem’s policies, payers have been narrowing provider networks to bring down costs. This has been especially true in ACA exchange plans and Medicare Advantage (MA). Deductibles went from accounting for less than 25% of cost-sharing payments in 2005 to almost half in 2015.

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Prescription Drug Prices On California Ballot

ACA Times

Geoffrey Joyce , director of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics at the University of Southern California. According to AARP, the retail price for 98 specialty drugs widely used to treat chronic conditions rose dramatically between 2005 and 2013.