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How to Reduce Surging Health Care Costs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
Opinion | How to Reduce Surging Health Care Costs
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December 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
How to Reduce Surging Health Care Costs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
Why Both Republicans and Democrats Are Wrong About Health Care www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Opinion | Why Both Republicans and Democrats Are Wrong About Health Care
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December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Why Both Republicans and Democrats Are Wrong About Health Care www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Data on Humana’s clinics looked dismal. Then its corporate research machine got to work www.statnews.com/2025/12/16/i... via @statnews.com
Data on Humana’s clinics looked dismal. Then its corporate research machine got to work
STAT investigation: Internal documents show how Humana is reshaping the debate over Medicare Advantage.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Data on Humana’s clinics looked dismal. Then its corporate research machine got to work www.statnews.com/2025/12/16/i... via @statnews.com
Oakland physical therapist accused of overbilling federal program by over $5 million - San Francisco Chronicle
December 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Oakland physical therapist accused of overbilling federal program by over $5 million - San Francisco Chronicle
From forgiven debt to diverted funding, records provide insight into Prospect's CT hospital financial woes - CT Insider
December 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
From forgiven debt to diverted funding, records provide insight into Prospect's CT hospital financial woes - CT Insider
$27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...
Opinion | $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That?
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December 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
$27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...
A $20 over-the-counter drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in the U.S. www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/w... via @statnews.com
A $20 over-the-counter drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in the U.S.
A month’s supply of Miebo requires $800 and a prescription in the U.S. In Europe, it’s over-the-counter and $20.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A $20 over-the-counter drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in the U.S. www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/w... via @statnews.com
Acting CDC director calls for MMR vaccine to be broken up into three shots www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/t... via @statnews.com
Acting CDC director calls for MMR vaccine to be broken up into three shots
There's no evidence that breaking up the MMR shot would make the immunization safer or more effective.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Acting CDC director calls for MMR vaccine to be broken up into three shots www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/t... via @statnews.com
It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/w...
It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead.
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October 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/w...
Cost of 688 Prescription Drugs Increased Since Trump Took Office, Sanders Says truthout.org/articles/cos...
Cost of 688 Prescription Drugs Increased Since Trump Took Office, Sanders Says
The cost of a drug used to treat a rare liver disorder rose by more than 1,500 percent, according to Sanders’s office.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Cost of 688 Prescription Drugs Increased Since Trump Took Office, Sanders Says truthout.org/articles/cos...
Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/h... via @statnews.com
Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test
A STAT Investigation: To avoid fines for reporting excessive hospital-acquired infections, some facilities are discouraging testing.
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September 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/h... via @statnews.com
Get ready for a triple whammy health insurance price increase in 2026. Here’s how much more you’ll pay. - Investopedia
September 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Get ready for a triple whammy health insurance price increase in 2026. Here’s how much more you’ll pay. - Investopedia
apnews.com/article/geor... watchdog report on Georgia's Medicaid program raises concerns about administrative costs
Federal watchdog report on Georgia's Medicaid program raises concerns about administrative costs
A government watchdog has raised concerns about high administrative costs in Georgia's Medicaid program. The U.S.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
apnews.com/article/geor... watchdog report on Georgia's Medicaid program raises concerns about administrative costs
The hidden health crisis: medical debt ctmirror.org/2025/09/09/t...
Opinion: The hidden health crisis: medical debt
Medical debt has become a full-blown public health emergency; delaying care, worsening illness, deepening inequality, and destroying hope.
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September 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The hidden health crisis: medical debt ctmirror.org/2025/09/09/t...
Inside the research machine that helps UnitedHealth protect its Medicare profits www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/u... via @statnews.com
Inside the research machine that helps UnitedHealth protect its Medicare profits
A STAT Investigation: Inside the research machine that helps UnitedHealth protect its Medicare profits.
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August 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Inside the research machine that helps UnitedHealth protect its Medicare profits www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/u... via @statnews.com
MAGA influencers take a sudden interest in Medicare Advantage reforms, echoing a dark money group www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/m... via @statnews.com
MAGA influencers take a sudden interest in Medicare Advantage reforms, echoing a dark money group
It's not clear why right wing influencers are suddenly pushing back against Medicare reforms.
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August 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
MAGA influencers take a sudden interest in Medicare Advantage reforms, echoing a dark money group www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/m... via @statnews.com
The murkiness of drug companies’ price transparency reports www.statnews.com/2025/08/04/d... via @statnews.com
The murkiness of drug companies’ price transparency reports
Why pharma companies' "price transparency" reports paint a murky picture of how much Americans spend on prescription drugs.
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August 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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A Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death. That Wasn’t the Last Hard Choice. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/h...
A Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death. That Wasn’t the Last Hard Choice.
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August 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death. That Wasn’t the Last Hard Choice. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/h...
Even as states brace for significant reductions in federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, conservative legislatures across the country are passing laws …
July 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Even as states brace for significant reductions in federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, conservative legislatures across the country are passing laws …
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FEMA has blown through a May deadline to open up an application for states to apply for grants. The delay appears to have little precedent.
“There’s no transparency on why it’s not happening,” said a former FEMA chief of staff.
“There’s no transparency on why it’s not happening,” said a former FEMA chief of staff.
States Fear Uncertain Future of FEMA Grants Under Trump
Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
FEMA has blown through a May deadline to open up an application for states to apply for grants. The delay appears to have little precedent.
“There’s no transparency on why it’s not happening,” said a former FEMA chief of staff.
“There’s no transparency on why it’s not happening,” said a former FEMA chief of staff.
Health care costs: one of the biggest obstacles to reshoring American industry www.statnews.com/2025/06/23/r... via @statnews.com
Health care costs: one of the biggest obstacles to reshoring American industry
If the U.S. is serious about reshoring manufacturing jobs, it needs to address the factors that lead to offshoring those jobs in the first place, including health care costs.
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June 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Health care costs: one of the biggest obstacles to reshoring American industry www.statnews.com/2025/06/23/r... via @statnews.com
Amid Prospect Medical bankruptcy, CT private equity reform fails ctmirror.org/2025/06/20/c...
Amid Prospect Medical bankruptcy, CT private equity reform fails
After Prospect Medical Holdings declared bankruptcy, lawmakers wanted to rein in private equity in CT health care. But no bills passed.
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June 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Amid Prospect Medical bankruptcy, CT private equity reform fails ctmirror.org/2025/06/20/c...