Top Healthcare News of 2018, According to Readers

Published: Jan. 1, 2019, 8 a.m.

b"To start 2019, Managed Care Cast, the podcast of\\xa0The American Journal of Managed Care\\xae\\xa0is taking a look back at 2018. At the end of the year\\xa0AJMC\\xae\\xa0had polled\\xa0readers 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.\\n\\nRead more about the papers and news events mentioned:\\n5 Healthcare-Related Ballot Measures From the 2018 Midterm Elections: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/5-healthcarerelated-ballot-measures-from-the-2018-midterm-elections\\nTracking Medicaid Expansion: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/tracking-medicaid-expansion\\nAdvocates 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\\nCMS 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\\nTrump 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\\nAs 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\\nFederal Judge Strikes Down Affordable Care Act: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/federal-judge-strikes-down-affordable-care-act\\nIn 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\\nLooking Back and Ahead: AJMC\\xae'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\\nCDC 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"