August 15, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Chris Christie, Health and Human Services, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, opioid epidemic, President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, Steve Anderson, Tom Price
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
ARLINGTON, Va. — Steve Anderson, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, took part in a meeting on the opioid epidemic with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. NACDS said that at yesterday’s meeting Price sought to learn more about pharmacy’s role in addressing abuse and misuse of
February 27, 2017 by Greg Jacobson and Chain Drug Review
ACA, ACA exchanges, Aetna, Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services, health insurance exchanges, Humana, Mark Bertolini, Obamacare, Tom Price, Trump administration
2017, Issue 02-27-2017, Issues, News
WASHINGTON — Humana Inc.’s decision to pull out of the health insurance exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act threatens to cripple Obamacare before Republican lawmakers bent on its repeal can cobble together a replacement. The Humana decision came one day before the Trump administration issued a proposed rule that attempts to offer insurers more
December 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human Services, Jeffrey Woldt, Martin Otto, NACDS, NACDS Foundation Dinner, NACDS Week in New York, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Seema Verma, Steve Anderson, Tom Price
2016, Issue 12-12-2016, Issues, Opinion
At the start of the month the National Association of Chain Drug Stores concluded a series of successful events in the nation’s economic and cultural capital. The much anticipated annual gathering, known as NACDS Week in New York, brings together leaders from the diverse constituents that comprise the chain pharmacy industry to take stock as
February 22, 2016 by John Schultz and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Andy Slavitt, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, Health and Human Services, health insurance exchanges, HealthCare.gov, Sylvia Burwell
2016, Issue 02-22-2016, Issues, News
WASHINGTON — About 12.7 million Americans signed up for 2016 health insurance coverage through the government insurance exchanges, surpassing expectations, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said earlier this month. The government began offering subsidies for individual insurance in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act, frequently referred to as Obamacare, and charges a penalty
November 23, 2015 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Bernie Sanders, ColoradoCare, Health and Human Services, IMS Health, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, single-payer health care system, Sylvia Burwell, U.S. health care system, Walgreens Health Services
2015, Issue 11-23-2015, Issues, Opinion
More than five years after enactment of the Affordable Care Act, a measure designed to extend coverage to the uninsured and control expenditures, the turmoil in the U.S. health care system shows no signs of abating. Millions of Americans are still without health coverage, and health care costs continue to increase faster than the overall
March 25, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
Barack Obama, Health and Human Services, Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, John Standley, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Rite Aid, Steve Anderson, Sylvia Burwell
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WASHINGTON — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores joined President Barack Obama and Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell at the White House to launch the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, whose participants include Rite Aid, Walgreens and Walmart. Announced Wednesday, the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network brings
January 5, 2015 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Andy Slavitt, Avalere Health, Caroline Pearson, Council of Economic Advisors, Dan Mendelson, Health and Human Services, health insurance, health spending, HealthCare.gov, Jason Furman, Sylvia Burwell
2015, Issue 01-05-2015, News
WASHINGTON — A late surge lifted the number of people enrolling for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act to nearly 2.5 million since mid-November. More than 1 million signed up in the last week of open enrollment before the December 15 deadline for full-year coverage in 2015. The enrollment figure, which excluded the final