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Eileen Cook June 18, 2026June 18, 2026 Health Insurance, Health Insurance companies, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

47% of voters blame insurers for rising healthcare costs: Poll

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Forty-seven percent of registered voters say corporate health insurance companies are most responsible

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook June 17, 2026June 17, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Medicare Trustees report

Medicare will disappear

The 2026 Medicare Trustees Report is projecting that the Medicare Part A Hospital Insurance trust fund will be depleted in

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicaid Uninsured/Underinsured

Eileen Cook June 17, 2026June 17, 2026 ACA, CMS, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Unisured

Key Facts about the Uninsured Population

Authors: Jennifer Tolbert, Sammy Cervantes, Clea Bell, and Anthony Damico for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: June 16, 2026) The

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook June 17, 2026June 17, 2026 Employer Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Provider Network

The slow erosion of the traditional provider network

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) ICHRA, reference-based pricing, narrow networks, direct contracting, cash pay — it seems you

Emerging Health Issues Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs Primary Care Telehealth

Eileen Cook June 15, 2026June 15, 2026 GLP-1 drugs, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Part D, Telehealth

Primary care doctors raise alarm as telehealth companies get involved in obesity drugs

(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR) Every time David Davis talks to a nurse at Vida Health, he thinks he’ll finally

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

How Medicare Advantage Rebates Disadvantage Medicare’s Stand-Alone Drug Plan Market

(Authors: Juliette Cubanski, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Meredith Freed, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 11, 2026)

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Part D Enrollment, Premiums, and Cost Sharing in 2026

(Authors: Juliette Cubanski and Anthony Damico for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 11, 2026) The Medicare Part D program

CMS DHS -OIG Health Care Finance HHS Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook June 11, 2026June 11, 2026 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Prior Authorization, Prior Authorization denials

Unusually high rates of prior authorization denials

The Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general’s latest report found three specific Medicare Advantage plans had the highest

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook June 10, 2026June 10, 2026 Employer Health Insurance, Health Insuarance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

Why AdventHealth thinks it can sell an internal insurance model to employers

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) As employers’ healthcare costs were climbing toward their steepest annual increase in more than a

CMS Health Care Finance Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook June 8, 2026June 8, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage in 2026: Premiums, Out-of-Pocket Limits, Supplemental Benefits, and Prior Authorization

(Authors: Meredith Freed, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 5, 2026)

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