Medicare Advantage’s ‘sunk-cost’ problem
(By: Alan Condon for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage now covers about 55% of eligible beneficiaries nationwide — more than
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Health Care Finance
Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers?
(By Paula Span for KFF Health News) Tamar Abrams had a lousy couple of years in 2022 and ’23. Both
Read MoreMedicaid Managed Care Reporting and Transparency: Managed Care Program Annual Reports
(Authors: Jada Raphael and Elizabeth Hinton for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb 18, 2026) Comprehensive, capitated managed care is
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BCBS Michigan scores $147M in savings through biosimilars
(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) BCBS Michigan saved $67 million and $80 million in 2024 and 2025, respectively,
Read MoreNevada Debuts Public Option Amid Tumultuous Federal Changes to Health Care
(By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez for KFF Health News published February 19, 2026) More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada’s
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Humana closes on acquisition of MaxHealth primary care clinics
(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Humana’s healthcare services division CenterWell has completed its acquisition of MaxHealth, a Tampa,
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14 payers pledge support for ACCESS model
(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) Fourteen health insurers have voluntarily committed to CMS’ “Advancing Chronic Care with Effective,
Read MoreHospital Spending Accounted for 40% of the Growth in National Health Spending Between 2022 and 2024
(Authors: Jamie Godwin, Zachary Levinson, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb 11, 2026) National spending on
Read MoreThe IRA Has Improved Coverage of Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation
(Authors: Juliette Cubanski and Nolan Sroczynski for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb 11, 2026) The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation
Read More10 years after CMS’ first mandatory bundled payment model, what did it actually build?
(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) This April will mark a decade since CMS launched the Comprehensive Care for
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