HomeCare Editors’ Top 5: Week of September 28

Employers Shift More Health Costs to Workers
Premiums for job-based medical insurance rose moderately — 4 percent in 2015 — but employers continued to shift in expenses to workers, according to a new survey. (Jay Hancock/Kaiser Health News)

How One Home Health Agency Earned Five Stars
This summer the federal government started rating home health agencies— doling out one to five stars—to give consumers a better picture of the job they do. The top grades were elusive: only 239 agencies out of 9,000 nationwide earned five stars, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis. (Michael Tomsic/Kaiser Health News)

Ukraine Health Officials Fear Big Polio Outbreak
Health officials in Ukraine are gripped by fears of a major polio outbreak, after it was announced this month that the disease had paralyzed two children in the south-western region of Trans-Carpathia. (David Stern/BBC News)

Health Care Prices Vary Wildly
It’s a frustrating reality of the medical marketplace: Prices are all over the map. (Laura Ungar and Jayne O’Donnell/USA Today)

Drug Company CEO Says He Will Lower Price
Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli announced Tuesday night that the company will roll back the price of the drug Daraprim, but did not commit to a specific price. (Arianna Cha/Washington Post)