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The Fraud Is Worse Than You Ever Imagined
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (1677+ words) Life, Liberty, Property #131: The Fraud Is Worse Than You Ever Imagined Forward this issue to your friends and urge them to'subscribe.Read all'Life, Liberty, Property'articles'here, and full issues here and here. U.S. taxpayers have been victimized by at least $36 billion and…...
Medicare Advantage Popularity Grows, Causing Hospital 'Friction"
1+ week, 6+ day ago (617+ words) Medicare Advantage (MA) penetration has reached as high as 70 to 80 percent in some markets, a hospital administrator tells Becker's Hospital Review in a December 4, 2025, article, but it is creating "friction" and could lead to more hospitals cancelling MA contracts. MA…...
Medicare Advantage Plans Profit By Keeping EnrolleesHealthy
1+ week, 6+ day ago (893+ words) The American health care system has two distinguishing characteristics. First, similarly situated individuals pay the same premium, regardless of their medical conditions. Put differently, no one who acquires health insurance ever pays an actuarially fair price. Second, insurers invariably lose…...
Judge Blocks Pilot Program to Improve 340B Accountability
1+ week, 6+ day ago (647+ words) A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to block a pilot program aimed at keeping better tabs on the federal 340B hospitals use to receive drug discounts. The pilot was scheduled to begin on January 1. The administration immediately appealed the…...
Medicare Medical Savings Accounts Elude Enrollees
3+ week, 1+ day ago (888+ words) Medicare enrollees shopping for a "Medicare Medical Savings Account (MSA)" are coming up short in most states because insurers do not offer them. " After a limited demonstration in 1997, the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act made MSAs a permanent option for Medicare enrollees....
Longer for the Days of Indemnity-Style Health Insurance
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (761+ words) Obamacare plans have reached the edge of a cliff. The U.S. government has shut down because Democrats and Republicans disagree on how much taxpayers should subsidize premiums. Health care is a service, not an entitlement, so why should taxpayers have to…...
In Health Care, Copper is the New Gold
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (577+ words) Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted, Americans have faced soaring health insurance premiums, which have more than doubled since 2013. Rising deductibles have compounded the issue, creating a double blow to affordability. Government subsidies, often touted as relief, merely…...
Drug Companies Make Deal on Discounted Drugs on Trump Rx
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (690+ words) Consumers will be able to buy discounted brand-name drugs through a government direct sales exchange called Trump Rx, starting in early 2026. Pfizer and AstraZeneca also pledged to spend at least $50 billion each in the United States for new manufacturing and…...
Government Shutdown Exposes Obamacare's True Costs
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (909+ words) The COVID-19 pandemic-era enhanced subsidies for Obamacare are set to expire on December 31, and members of Congress are at odds over whether to extend them. On October 1, the federal government shut down when Democrats in the Senate would not join…...
Massive Fraud Found in Minnesota Medicaid Housing Program
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (524+ words) Nonmedical social determinants of health'is a fancy way of saying external conditions can affect people's well-being. Being homeless is not terribly conducive to good health, and the stress of not having access to affordable housing can worsen an individual's mental…...