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What We're Reading: 20 Million Gained Insurance Under the ACA
What we're reading, March 4, 2016: Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, 20 million people have signed up for healthcare coverage; the FDA has a backlog of 4000 drug applications waiting for approval; and Flint, Michigan, receives expanded Medicaid coverage.
Since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, approximately 20 million people have gained health coverage, President Barack Obama said in Milwaukee. The new report from the administration found that more than 6 million young adults between the ages of 19 and 25 gained insurance, according to The Washington Post. Obama was in Milwaukee because the city won the Health Communities Challenges to see which of 20 cities could sign up the most people for coverage.
The FDA may have approved a record number of drugs in December 2015, but the agency is still under pressure to speed up approval of generic medicines. The FDA may be making headway, but it still has a backlog of about 4000 applications yet to be approved, STAT reported. The workload is not expected to be reduced as more applications are being filed annually than the FDA had estimated.
Flint, Michigan, is receiving extended Medicaid coverage to care for 15,000 children and pregnant women exposed to the contaminated water. The New York Times reported that the individuals will be eligible for free healthcare if they are exposed to the water in their homes, workplaces, schools, or day care facilities and their household income does not exceed 400% of the poverty level ($97,000 for a family of 4).
Real-World Study Reveals Key Insights into DLBCL Treatment Patterns, Outcomes
April 18th 2024A recent study offers valuable insights into the characteristics, treatment patterns, and outcomes of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in patients across different lines of therapy, providing a look into the landscape of DLBCL management.
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Navigating Health Literacy, Social Determinants, and Discrimination in National Health Plans
February 13th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the February 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on how health plans can screen for health literacy, social determinants of health, and perceived health care discrimination.
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Gene, Light Therapy Combo Shows Promise Against Prostate Cancer Cells in Proof-of-Concept Study
April 18th 2024In their preclinical model, the researchers found efficacy both in vitro and in vivo by using CRISPR-Cas9 to mimic porphyria and combining the technology with light therapy.
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Drs Raymond Thertulien, Joseph Mikhael on Racial Disparities in Multiple Myeloma Care Access
December 28th 2023In the wake of the 2023 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition, Raymond Thertulien, MD, PhD, of Novant Health, and Joseph Mikhael, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FACP, chief medical officer of the International Myeloma Foundation, discussed health equity research highlights from the meeting and drivers of racial disparities in multiple myeloma outcomes.
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Collecting SDOH Data Can Assess Risk of Medical Nonadherence, Improve HEI and Star Ratings
April 18th 2024At the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) 2024 annual meeting, a panel of presenters explored changes coming to Medicare that incorporate social determinants of health (SDOH) data to improve patient and health system outcomes.
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