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Health care spending outpaces economy

December 7, 2015 by John Schultz and Chain Drug Review Affordable Care Act, Andrew Slavitt, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, health care spending, health insurance coverage, Medicaid, spending on prescription drugs 2015, Business, Issue 12-07-2015, Issues, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

WASHINGTON — Health care spending in the United States last year exceeded $3 trillion as five years of slow growth was replaced by the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid and private health insurance coverage. Prescription drug prices accelerated as well. Health care spending grew faster than the economy in 2014, and the federal share

Tavenner steps down as CMS administrator

February 2, 2015 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review administrator, Affordable Care Act, Andrew Slavitt, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, Department of Health and Human Services, health insurance exchange, HealthCare.gov, Marilyn Tavenner, Medicaid, Medicare, Sylvia Burwell 2015, Issue 02-02-2015, News, Pharmacy

WASHINGTON — Marilyn Tavenner is resigning as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. She will step down at the end of this month, she told CMS staff members in an e-mail. Principal deputy administrator Andrew Slavitt, who joined the agency last year to help fix HealthCare.gov, will be the acting administrator. Department of