Holmes Murphy Healthy Politics

Healthy Politics is a series hosted by Holmes Murphy Compliance Director Nick Karls and Senior Advisor Den Bishop, focusing on healthcare-related topics in politics.

In this episode, we discuss how the initial framework of the Senate’s spending bill omits the House’s HSA and CHOICE Plan provisions and how the Senate’s “Byrd Rule” may limit the changes to Medicaid in the House’s proposed spending bill.

We also cover a new industry push led by Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Dr. Oz to reform prior authorizations and update proposed legislation that would impact association health plans and stop-loss insurance for small self-insured plans. Lastly, we touch on the Milliman Medical Index’s review of increasing healthcare costs, which is now placing the average cost of healthcare for a family of four covered by a typical employer-sponsored health plan at $35,119.

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