Medicare Advantage ‘Dark Money’ Group Attempts To Win Higher Payments for Insurance Companies
(By Fred Schulte and Maia Rosenfeld and David Hilzenrath for KFF Health News) Judging by more than 16,400 comments recently
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Healthcare Costs
How does health spending in the U.S. compare to other countries?
(By Imani Telesford, Lynne Cotter, Emma Wager Twitter, and Cynthia Cox for The Kaiser Family Foundation published March 11, 2026)
Read MorePrimary Care Is in Trouble. So Doctors Band Together To Boost Their Market Power.
(By Karen Brown, New England Public Media for KFF Health News) Western Massachusetts, a patchwork of rural communities and low-income
Read MoreWhat Medicare’s Temporary Program Covering GLP-1s for Obesity Means for Beneficiaries
(By Juliette Cubanski for The Kaiser Family Foundation published March 9, 2026) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
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Medicare Part D enrollment in 2026: 5 things to know
(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) Following the annual enrollment period for 2026, 56.1 million people — up from
Read MoreMedicaid Workers and Job-Based Insurance: Who Is Offered, Eligible, and Enrolled?
(Authors: Sammy Cervantes and Jennifer Tolbert for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 5, 2026) Passage of the 2025 reconciliation
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How 3 insurers are trying to tighten E/M billing oversight
(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) In recent months, payers across the country have tried tightening policies to get
Read MoreAnalyzing Changes in Medicare Part D Enrollment for 2026
(Authors: Juliette Cubanski, Nancy Ochieng, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 3, 2026) For people with
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Benefits coverage for no-premium plans could drop 50% under 2027 MA rule: AHIP
(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage plans looking to maintain no-premium models could face 50% cuts to
Read MoreEven Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us
(By Elisabeth Rosenthal for KFF Health News) Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal
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