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We helped create Medicare Advantage. Here’s how to fix it
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (747+ words) By Donna Shalala and Tommy G. Thompson Shalala was appointed as secretary of health and human services under President Bill Clinton. Thompson served as secretary of HHS under President George W. Bush. Tens of millions of seniors have recently wrapped up Medicare's…...
A telling UnitedHealth chart, and the Medicare Advantage earthquake
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (273+ words) Bob Herman is a business of health care reporter at STAT. He covers hospitals, health insurance, and other corners of the industry " with a goal of explaining and shining light on the massive amount of money flowing through the system....
Trump’s latest deal: $600 million of tech company discounts to help implement Medicaid work requirements
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (234+ words) Tara Bannow is a hospitals and insurance reporter at STAT. She came to STAT in 2022 from Modern Healthcare magazine, where she was a senior reporter covering hospital finance. There, she wrote about subjects like unscrupulous medical debt collection and private…...
Trump administration signals there’s widespread desire to curb Medicare Advantage
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (215+ words) Bob Herman is a business of health care reporter at STAT. He covers hospitals, health insurance, and other corners of the industry " with a goal of explaining and shining light on the massive amount of money flowing through the system....
HCA expects $1 billion hit from loss of ACA tax credits, Medicaid changes
1+ week, 1+ day ago (218+ words) Tara Bannow is a hospitals and insurance reporter at STAT. She came to STAT in 2022 from Modern Healthcare magazine, where she was a senior reporter covering hospital finance. There, she wrote about subjects like unscrupulous medical debt collection and private…...
Trump administration proposes tiny pay raise to 2027 Medicare Advantage plans
1+ week, 2+ day ago (252+ words) Bob Herman is a business of health care reporter at STAT. He covers hospitals, health insurance, and other corners of the industry " with a goal of explaining and shining light on the massive amount of money flowing through the system....
Insurers blame drugmakers, hospitals for high prices
1+ week, 5+ day ago (166+ words) Meghana Keshavan is a biotech correspondent at STAT and co-writer of The Readout newsletter. She joined STAT in 2016. She has written about the life sciences industry for more than a decade. Before that, she worked for news outlets like Thomson…...
I’m a doctor who knows better — but I switched to an inferior drug to save money
1+ week, 6+ day ago (316+ words) A year ago, a woman with severe, unrelenting abdominal pain came to my emergency department. She knew she had gallstones and had been told that she needed surgery, but when her attacks started to escalate in frequency and severity, she…...
Health insurance execs shift blame for costly, confusing health care system
1+ week, 6+ day ago (98+ words) By Bob Herman and Daniel Payne Health insurance executives agree that the U.S. health care system is overpriced, wasteful, and confusing. And they also agree that those problems are someone else's fault. "We are dissatisfied with the status quo in health…...
Congress revives health care deal with PBM reforms
2+ week, 1+ day ago (611+ words) In this video, RFK Jr. takes a pull of 4% and is transported to a club where he vibes in a milk-induced trance. Send news tips and weird AI videos to [email'protected] or John_Wilkerson.07 on Signal. Congress made good progress on negotiations…...