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October 20, 2017
Battling the Opioid Epidemic
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I spend most of my time talking about health care policy, affordability, and ways to fix our broken system.
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September 20, 2017
CDPHP Invites Members In-House to ‘Tell Us What You Really Think’
There’s someone I’d like you to meet. Actually, it’s a group of people, and they’re part of the CDPHP® Member Advisory Committee, aka MAC.
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August 08, 2017
CDPHP® Ranks Highest in J.D. Power Member Satisfaction Study
J.D. Power is a name that’s synonymous with quality and customer service. The firm has conducted consumer satisfaction surveys for almost 50 years, since J.D. “Dave” Power and his wife, Julie, started it from the kitchen of their Calabasas, Calif., home in 1968.
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July 25, 2017
How One Health Plan Enlisted Pharma Sales Reps to Bring Down Costs
Rising prescription drug costs hurt everyone – from patients who cannot access treatments to consumers who pay higher premiums.
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June 29, 2017
The Scary Truth about Single-Payer
State lawmakers will soon be packing their bags and putting the lid on another legislative session. They’ll head back to their respective districts without agreeing on a health care bill that, in my opinion, should never see the light of day.
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May 22, 2017
The Drug Coupon Conundrum
Coupons have been around since the late 1800s. Coca-Cola was the first to offer them, but they didn’t come in a glossy magazine in the Sunday paper. The soda supergiant began dispensing hand-written tickets for a free pop in 1894. According to Coupon Sherpa, by 1913 an estimated 1 in 9 Americans had received a…
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