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This Week in Managed Care: The Top Stories of 2019

AJMC® presents the results of our online poll of the top healthcare stories of 2019.

Welcome to This Week in Managed Care. I’m Christina Mattina with a special year-end edition.

Here are the results of our online poll of the top healthcare stories for 2019.

Number 5. A judge strikes down Medicaid work rules in Kentucky and Arkansas.

Number 4. The uninsured rate hits a 4-year high.

Number 3. Doctors link a mysterious lung illness to vaping.

Number 2. An appeals court brings uncertainty to the future of the ACA.

Number 1. Dr Scott Gottlieb steps down as FDA commissioner.

For a review of our top articles of 2019, visit ajmc.com.

For all of us at AJMC®, thanks for watching this year, and join us in 2020.

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