CENTER UPDATE | MAY 2026 In this Issue: $0 Medication Costs Linked to Improved Hypertension Adherence GLP-1 Coverage Support High, but Cost and Uncertainty Limit Access Patients Willing to Use Lower-Cost Treatments to [...]
CENTER UPDATE | APRIL 2026 In this Issue: Health Care Costs Emerge as a Top Voter Concern Ahead of 2026 Midterm Bipartisan INSULIN Act Would Extend $35 Monthly Cap to Private Insurance Cost [...]
- 2026 Virtual V-BID Summit Recording Available
- IRA Drug Reforms Linked to Lower Cost-Related Nonadherence
- Public Concern Over Prescription Drug Affordability Reaches Record High
- 1 in 3 Americans Cut Back on Daily Expenses to Afford Health Care
- Scorecard Highlights Primary Care Benefits but Ongoing Underinvestment [...]
- Last Chance! Register for Tomorrow's Virtual V-BID Summit
- GLP-1 Coverage Expansion Moves Forward
- Chronic Illness Drives Healthcare Spending Among Millennials
- Chronic Conditions Drive Majority of Health Care Use
- HSA-HDHP and HRA Enrollment Declines to 15% [...]
- One Week Left to Register! 2026 V-BID Summit
- Virtual Diabetes Programs Secure Medicare Coverage
- Most States Investing in Value-Based and Rural Health Transformation
- Reducing Administrative Burden Can Strengthen Value-Based Primary Care
- Ivermectin’s Rise Highlights Risks of Politicized Treatments [...]
- Register Now! 2026 V-BID Summit
- V-BID included in 2027 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule
- Virtual Diabetes Prevention Programs Secure Medicare Coverage
- KFF Examines Role of Hospital Spending in Growth of National Health Expenditures
- Hospitals Are Posting Prices for Patients, but It’s Mostly Industry Using the Data
- Register Now! 2026 V-BID Summit
- Health Care Costs Top the Public’s Economic Worries as the Runup to the Midterms Begins
- Our Darwinian Approach to Healthcare Costs
- Charting a Path Forward for Healthcare Affordability – Policy Solutions
- First 10 Medicare-Negotiated Drug Prices Have Taken Effect: Are Seniors Really Saving Money? [...]
- Register Now! 2026 V-BID Summit
- Working families spend nearly $4,000 annually on health care: Study
- Out-of-Pocket Spending for Biologic Drugs After Biosimilar Competition for Medicare Patients
- Medicare Recipients to Lose Access to Service at End of the Month
- Spreading Drug Costs Over the Year May Ease Financial Burden for Medicare Cancer Patients [...]
- CMS Tests New Medicare Coverage Model for Weight Loss Drugs
- Declining Part D Plan Availability May Affect Beneficiaries
- Cervical Cancer Guideline Recommends Full Coverage of Follow-up Services
- Medical Debt Burdens Differ by Race and Affect Health
- Employer-Sponsored Insurance Shows Persistent Cost Differences by Size [...]
- Approaches to Reducing Low-Value Care in Traditional Medicare
- Fee-for-Service Models Linked to Higher Odds of Low-Value Surgeries
- VA Clinicians Identify Key Drivers and Approaches to Low-Value Care
- CMS Launches MAHA ELEVATE Model
- CMMI ACCESS Model Aims to Expand Tech-Enabled Chronic Care [...]
- Save-the-Date! 2026 V-BID Summit
- Low-Value Care Persists Despite Risk-Based Payment Models in MA
- New CAP Act Aims to Cap Drug Cost-Sharing for Marketplace Enrollees
- Removing Cost-Sharing Increases Follow-Up Colonoscopy Completion
- High Patient Costs Drive Treatment Abandonment [...]
- Outpatient Deductibles Surge and Drive Higher Patient Costs
- Majority of Americans Still Shelling Out More for Care
- Fewer Plan Choices and Higher Costs Ahead for Medicare Advantage in 2026
- What Drives Beneficiaries to Switch Between MA and FFS Plans?
- State-by-State Differences in Medicare Drug Cost Burden [...]
- CMMI’s New Strategic Direction: Three Priorities For Success
- CMS chooses 6 states for WISeR Model
- How Policymakers Across the Country Are Fighting the Health Care Affordability Crisis
- Medical Debt Follows Cancer Patients Years After Diagnosis
- Workers to bear brunt of health cost increases in 2026 [...]
- Expanded Coverage and Patient Navigation for Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening
- Court Nixes Leaving Medical Debt Off Credit Reports
- Medicare could save $3.6B without risk to older adults, study suggests
- Waste of the Day: “Low-Value” Medicare Treatments
- Mercer survey: Employers may make a return to healthcare cost-shifting strategies [...]
- OBBB Expands HSA Access and Makes Telehealth Flexibility Permanent
- Prescription Drug Price Controls: Unintended Consequences for Medicare Patients
- Record Number of Adults Struggle to Afford Health Care and Medications
- Health Care Costs Reach $1,425 in Out of Pocket Spending
- Prescription Medication Costs Continue to Burden Americans
