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06/17/2026

HHS funding fight kicks off
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Healthcare doesn’t end when the patient goes home. The financial, emotional, and administrative burden often begins there. Read. Share. Speak out. Awareness creates change.

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06/16/2026

Medicare Advantage Out-of-Pocket Limits: Variation and Trends
The Average Medicare Advantage In-Network Limit is $5,421 in 2026, But Nearly 1 in 5 Enrollees Face In-Network Limits Higher Than $7,000

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Healthcare doesn’t end when the patient goes home. The financial, emotional, and administrative burden often begins there. Read. Share. Speak out. Awareness creates change.

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This brief analyzes out-of-pocket limits in Medicare Advantage plans in 2026, variation by plan type, the distribution of enrollees facing different out-of-pocket limits, and trends over time.

06/15/2026

Medicare Patients Don’t Need More Information —They Need Someone to Act

The assumption is intuitive and well-intentioned: if patients simply understood the system better, they would use it more effectively. However, for most Medicare patients, that assumption is wrong. The barrier to care isn't knowledge, it's ex*****on.

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Healthcare doesn’t end when the patient goes home. The financial, emotional, and administrative burden often begins there. Read. Share. Speak out. Awareness creates change.

Disputes, negotiations, research and/or inquiries about your healthcare claims contact [email protected].

The assumption is intuitive and well-intentioned: if patients simply understood the system better, they would use it more effectively. However, for most Medicare patients, that assumption is wrong. The barrier to care isn't knowledge, it's ex*****on.

06/13/2026

The $490,000 Denial
An emergency helicopter flight, life-saving surgeries and a health insurer that said it wasn't medically necessary.

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Healthcare doesn’t end when the patient goes home. The financial, emotional, and administrative burden often begins there. Read. Share. Speak out. Awareness creates change.

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An emergency helicopter flight, life-saving surgeries and a health insurer that said it wasn't medically necessary.

06/12/2026

Oz outlines Medicaid’s ‘path to prosperity’
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Healthcare doesn’t end when the patient goes home. The financial, emotional, and administrative burden often begins there. Read. Share. Speak out. Awareness creates change.

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06/10/2026

Mental Health Parity?

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Healthcare doesn’t end when the patient goes home. The financial, emotional, and administrative burden often begins there. Read. Share. Speak out. Awareness creates change.

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My book Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States has now been out in the world for three weeks.

06/09/2026

My 6 Big Bets on the Future of Healthcare

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Healthcare doesn’t end when the patient goes home. The financial, emotional, and administrative burden often begins there. Read. Share. Speak out. Awareness creates change.

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06/08/2026

The Health Insurance CEO Preaching Accountability — While Evading It
Blue Shield of California’s chief talks up the need for reform while the insurer maneuvers to deprive the public of the right to benefits worth billions of dollars.

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Healthcare doesn’t end when the patient goes home. The financial, emotional, and administrative burden often begins there. Read. Share. Speak out. Awareness creates change.

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Blue Shield of California’s chief talks up the need for reform while the insurer maneuvers to deprive the public of the right to benefits worth billions of dollars.

06/08/2026

The food industry considers GLP-1s
Lawmakers have to approve approve an a wnew twoare mixed on how much tax payers should foot the bill for healthy foods, while food manufacturers are revising their strategies for the weight-loss drug era.

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Healthcare doesn’t end when the patient goes home. The financial, emotional, and administrative burden often begins there. Read. Share. Speak out. Awareness creates change.

Disputes, negotiations, research and/or inquiries about your healthcare claims contact [email protected].

Lawmakers have to approve approve an a wnew twoare mixed on how much tax payers should foot the bill for healthy foods, while food manufacturers are revising their strategies for the weight-loss drug era.

06/08/2026

Democrats Can’t Run on the ACA Forever
The Affordable Care Act may be politically popular again, but rising premiums, growing subsidies, and soaring insurer profits raise questions about whether it’s still delivering on its promise.

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The Affordable Care Act may be politically popular again, but rising premiums, growing subsidies, and soaring insurer profits raise questions about whether it’s still delivering on its promise.