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This week’s graphic dives into how individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs), a relatively new coverage option, are being received in the market.

On today’s episode of the Gist Healthcare podcast, we take a look at some of the healthcare issues that have become platforms for the presidential tickets, as well as how some down ballot races are approaching healthcare policy. Dan Diamond, national healthcare reporter for the Washington Post, joins us to talk healthcare policy and politics.

VP Harris proposes that Medicare cover home health aides, four health systems launch a new company, and CMS releases its initial list for $2 generic drugs.

With Election Day less than six weeks away, this week’s graphic compares the positions of Vice President Harris and former President Trump on three of this cycle’s most important healthcare policy issues: competition, Medicare, and the cost of coverage.

FTC sues PBMs over insulin pricing, a House bill would extend telehealth flexibilities, and HRSA awards contracts for the new organ transplant system.

Amid increased bipartisan interest from policymakers on the nation’s increasing medical debt burden (estimated to total at least $220B), this week’s graphic examines who holds medical debt and how recent changes to credit reporting have affected them.

The House Oversight Committee criticizes PBM pricing tactics, Humana’s CenterWell plans to open primary care centers at Walmarts, and a federal judge upholds the FTC’s noncompete rule, diverging from a previous district court ruling.

An FDA advisory committee recommends approval of Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug, the Biden administration proposes banning medical debt from credit reports, and Elevance becomes the second insurer to win a MA star ratings lawsuit.

Portland, OR-based health systems OHSU and Legacy sign a definitive merger agreement, Dollar General ends its mobile health clinic pilot, and a House subcommittee focuses on the need for 340B transparency.

Following the US Senate Finance Committee’s recent white paper on Medicare physician payment reform, the graphic shows how Medicare payments to physicians have not kept pace with inflation.