MedPage Today August 15, 2024
— Experts also predict next administration’s potential moves on the ACA, drug price negotiations
Policy experts and former health officials cast their predictions on what health policy changes to expect from the next administration during an online panel discussion hosted by the healthcare consulting and advisory firm Avalere Health on Wednesday.
Medicare Advantage, Medicare
Former HHS Secretary Alex Azar argued that Democrats may soon regret some of their attempts to rein in Medicare Advantage, noting that cuts the Biden administration finalized in April “may come back to haunt them on October 15, when [the] open enrollment period comes, and we see either increased cost-sharing, reduced benefits, [or] increased premiums, as a result of what they’ve done.”
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