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fortune.com > 03/25/2026 > centene-ceo-sarah-london-medicaid-funding-cuts-rising-costs

The youngest-ever female Fortune 500 CEO is reinventing the largest Medicaid insurer amid funding cuts and rising costs

5+ hour, 37+ min ago  (413+ words) Centene grew revenue almost 20% last year amid drastic cuts to federal Medicaid spending that have inflicted pain on the bottom line and customers. That hasn't stopped London from focusing on programs that tie affordable housing to health care or leveraging…...

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fortune.com > 03/24/2026 > centene-ceo-sarah-london-health-care-insurance-trump-medicaid

The youngest-ever female CEO of a Fortune 500 company is fighting Trump's cuts to keep Medicaid strong

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (569+ words) Sarah London operates on the front lines of the toughest terrain in U.S. health care. She's the CEO of Centene, an insurance giant providing government-sponsored plans at a time when funding is tight, costs are rising, and policy shifts create intense…...

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fortune.com > 02/26/2026 > medicaid-funding-to-minnesota-to-temporarily-halt-over-fraud-concerns-jd-vance-says

Medicaid funding to Minnesota to 'temporarily halt' over fraud concerns, JD Vance says

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (13+ words) Medicaid funding to Minnesota to "temporarily halt" over fraud concerns, JD Vance says'Fortune...

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fortune.com > 02/26/2026 > trump-tax-cuts-medicare-doubles-spending-health-care

Health care spending is surging just as Trump's tax cuts crippled its funding

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (524+ words) Health care spending is surging just as Trump's tax cuts crippled its funding'Fortune Medicare spending set to nearly double in 10 years and Medicaid and ACA spending up a third, CBO says, just as Trump's tax cut shortens its lifespan Federal…...

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fortune.com > 02/23/2026 > how-trump-wiped-out-12-years-of-medicare-funding-cbo-one-big-beautiful-bill

In less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (574+ words) In less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A'Fortune In less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A…...

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fortune.com > 02/09/2026 > trumprx-ceo-reaction-drug-prices

Some health care CEOs are praising TrumpRx for empowering consumers to compare drug prices

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (370+ words) So what's the takeaway for leaders looking at rising health care costs? A Wall Street veteran makes waves at the Social Security Administration Wall Street veteran and Jamie Dimon prot'g' Frank Bisignano is serving as Commissioner of the Social Security…...

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fortune.com > 01/15/2026 > national-debt-today-interest-payments-per-year

America's $952 billion annual burden: Exploding interest on national debt is set to surpass Medicare spending within the decade

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (865+ words) America's $952 billion annual burden: The math behind the exploding interest on the national debt'Fortune America's $952 billion annual burden: Exploding interest on national debt is set to surpass Medicare spending within the decade America has had gigantic budget deficits and debt…...

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fortune.com > 01/12/2026 > treasury-national-debt-interest

Treasury spent $276 billion in interest on the national debt in the final three months of 2025, says the CBO—up $30 billion from a year prior

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (501+ words) For the fiscal year of 2025 ending in September, the government spent $1.22 trillion on interest alone, per Treasury data. Additionally, the costs were higher because of "higher long'term interest rates and an increase in the rate of inflation." Conversely, declines in…...

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fortune.com > 01/06/2026 > mark-cuban-solution-for-national-debt-38-trillion-online-pharmacy-drug-prices

Mark Cuban has a solution for the $38 trillion national debt that has to do with health insurance

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (262+ words) Insurers and providers, according to Cuban, "play on the fear and information asymmetry that exists in healthcare." He advocated for them to be broken up, so as to "make the markets efficient again." While Cuban's proposal focused on $100 fines for…...

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fortune.com > 12/24/2025 > medicaid-paid-over-200-million-to-dead-people-in-2021-and-2022-federal-watchdog-says

Medicaid paid over $200 million to dead people in 2021 and 2022, federal watchdog says

3+ mon, 19+ hour ago  (204+ words) Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the independent watchdog for the'Department of Health and Human Services. But the department's…...