
What We're Reading: Michigan Drug Pricing Experiment; ACA Enrollment; Gun Laws and Gun Deaths
Michigan receives approval to implement outcomes-based drug contracts in Medicaid; in the first 10 days since open enrollment began, 1.2 million people have signed up for Affordable Care Act health plans, which falls short of the 1.5 million people who signed up in the first 9 days last year; new research has found that in states with lax gunshot laws, children are twice as likely to die from gunshot wounds compared with states with stricter laws.
Michigan Receives Approval for Drug Pricing Experiment
CMS has approved Michigan’s waiver to save money in the Medicaid program by using an outcomes-based approach for drug contracts.
Enrollment in Affordable Care Act Plans Down
Early enrollment numbers have shown that 1.2 million people have signed up for Affordable Care Act health plans in the first 10 days since open enrollment, which falls short of the 1.5 million people who signed up in the first 9 days last year,
Stricter Gun Laws Tied to Fewer Gunshot Deaths Among Children
New research presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics has found that in states with lax gunshot laws, children are twice as likely to die from gunshot wounds compared with states with stricter laws.
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