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Healthcare Cost

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Healthcare Cost

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Issues

Our top priorities, explained.

Tackling America's opioid epidemic

BCBS companies are addressing the opioid crisis in communities around the country, ensuring patients get the right care in the right setting.

Addressing the rising cost of healthcare

Why does healthcare cost so much? The price of medical care is the single biggest factor, accounting for 90 percent of spending.

Creating—and sustaining—the innovation that is Medicare

BCBS companies provide coordinated, patient-centered care for millions of Medicare beneficiaries and are making sure it continues to modernize.

Providing access to safe, effective and affordable prescriptions

As prescription drug prices climb, we are working to ensure BCBS members get the medication they need at a price they can afford.

Supporting and improving Medicaid

BCBS companies provide access to critical health services for millions of adults and children through Medicaid, and are addressing the unique health challenges they face.

Improving the individual market

Healthcare should be available to everyone, no matter who they are or where they live. This starts with improving the individual market.

Insights

Leading voices in healthcare share their ideas.

Chronic Disease

Using real-time connections to manage chronic disease

By Devin Gross, Chief Executive Officer, SonarMD

With 86 cents of every healthcare dollar spent treating people with chronic disease, health leaders have increasingly focused on ways to better manage the care of patients with these illnesses so they can avoid debilitating downturns in their health—as well as costly interventions like emergency room visits and hospital admissions.