To start 2019, Managed Care Cast, the podcast of The American Journal of Managed Care® is taking a look back at 2018. At the end of the year AJMC® had polled readers on 5 big news stories from the year to gauge which one they thought was the most important. Here, Laura Joszt, associate editorial director, and Jaime Rosenberg, assistant editor, discuss these healthcare news stories and reveal which one was named the most important of 2018.
Read more about the papers and news events mentioned:
5 Healthcare-Related Ballot Measures From the 2018 Midterm Elections: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/5-healthcarerelated-ballot-measures-from-the-2018-midterm-elections
Tracking Medicaid Expansion: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/tracking-medicaid-expansion
Advocates Lambast Growing Number of Uninsured in Arkansas Due to Work Rules: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/advocates-lambast-growing-number-of-uninsured-in-arkansas-due-to-work-rules
CMS Will Allow Medicare Advantage Plans to Use Step Therapy to Negotiate Drug Prices: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/cms-will-allow-medicare-advantage-plans-to-use-step-therapy-to-negotiate-drug-prices
Trump Administration Finalizes Rule for Short-Term, Limited Duration Health Plans: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/trump-administration-finalizes-rule-for-shortterm-limited-duration-health-plans
As ACA Enrollment Begins, What's Included in Some Short-Term Insurance Plans? https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/as-aca-enrollment-begins-whats-included-in-some-shortterm-insurance-plans
Federal Judge Strikes Down Affordable Care Act: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/federal-judge-strikes-down-affordable-care-act
In the Wake of ACA Ruling, the Only Thing Certain Is Uncertainty: https://www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/in-the-wake-of-aca-ruling-the-only-thing-certain-is-uncertainty
Looking Back and Ahead: AJMC®'s Editors-in-Chief Recap 2018 and Make Predictions for 2019: https://www.ajmc.com/managed-care-cast/looking-back-and-ahead-iajmcisupregsups-editorsinchief-recap-2018-and-make-predictions-for-2019
CDC Data: Life Expectancy Decreases as Deaths From Suicide, Drug Overdose Increase: https://www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/cdc-data-life-expectancy-decreases-as-deaths-from-suicide-drug-overdose-increase
