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4 Issues Shaping Health Care Policy in 2018

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4 Issues Shaping Health Care Policy in 2018

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There are 4 health policy initiatives that Congress is presently working on to stabilize the individual health insurance market and to fund opioid initiatives.

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1. What’s Next for Medicaid: The Medicaid policy landscape is fast-changing. What remains constant is that Medicaid provides financial security and quality health care to more than 70 million hardworking Americans who depend on it.While Americans on Medicaid are more likely to have health problems, their insurance coverage gives them the resources they need to take charge of their health: 4 out of 5 have a personal doctor, 3 out of 5 eat healthy, and nearly half exercise frequently, according to Gallup-Sharecare data.

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1. What’s Next for Medicaid: The Medicaid policy landscape is fast-changing. What remains constant is that Medicaid provides financial security and quality health care to more than 70 million hardworking Americans who depend on it.While Americans on Medicaid are more likely to have health problems, their insurance coverage gives them the resources they need to take charge of their health: 4 out of 5 have a personal doctor, 3 out of 5 eat healthy, and nearly half exercise frequently, according to Gallup-Sharecare data.

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2. Medicare Advantage Innovation:                                                 Medicare Advantage invests in new, innovative programs and works hard to improve how care is delivered, lower the costs of care, and lead to healthy outcomes for patients.Unlike traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage allows adults 65+ to get vision, dental, hearing, and wellness care without worrying about additional costs. Recognizing the connection between health and lifestyle, MA health plans go beyond traditional medical care to help their members live active and healthy lives.

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2. Medicare Advantage Innovation:                                                 Medicare Advantage invests in new, innovative programs and works hard to improve how care is delivered, lower the costs of care, and lead to healthy outcomes for patients.Unlike traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage allows adults 65+ to get vision, dental, hearing, and wellness care without worrying about additional costs. Recognizing the connection between health and lifestyle, MA health plans go beyond traditional medical care to help their members live active and healthy lives.

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Medicare Advantage: Better Value, Better Health

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3. Unaffordable Drug Pricing: When it comes to prescription drugs, the problem is the price. The lack of competition, transparency, and accountability in the prescription drug market has allowed drug-makers to take advantage of a broken market for their own financial gain. As a result, everyone—patients, businesses, taxpayers, hospitals, doctors, pharmacists—pays more.Health insurance providers are committed to finding consumer-focused, market-based solutions that can lower drug costs while ensuring access to new medicines.

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3. Unaffordable Drug Pricing: When it comes to prescription drugs, the problem is the price. The lack of competition, transparency, and accountability in the prescription drug market has allowed drug-makers to take advantage of a broken market for their own financial gain. As a result, everyone—patients, businesses, taxpayers, hospitals, doctors, pharmacists—pays more.Health insurance providers are committed to finding consumer-focused, market-based solutions that can lower drug costs while ensuring access to new medicines.

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4. The Future of Health Insurance:                                                       Health insurance providers continue to embrace consumers as more informed, educated, and engaged in their health coverage and in their care decisions than ever before. And we recognize that it’s only through better care that we can deliver greater affordability and better value to communities across the country. This involves aligning incentives, monitoring performance, and engaging in value-based contracts.

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4. The Future of Health Insurance:                                                       Health insurance providers continue to embrace consumers as more informed, educated, and engaged in their health coverage and in their care decisions than ever before. And we recognize that it’s only through better care that we can deliver greater affordability and better value to communities across the country. This involves aligning incentives, monitoring performance, and engaging in value-based contracts.

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Putting Consumers First Through Innovation