The Healthcare Labyrinth
By Marc S. Ryan
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Episodes: 130
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Hosted by healthcare policy and technology expert Marc S. Ryan, the Healthcare Labyrinth Podcast offers accessible, incisive deep dives on the most pressing issues and events in American healthcare.
Tune in every week as Marc examines the latest developments in the space, offering analysis, insights, and predictions on the changing state of healthcare in America.
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130. Health Plans' Stocks Soar — But Is the Crisis Really Over?
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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129. The Big Bang: The Part D Instability Factor
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May 29, 2026 |
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128. Hospital Price Reform May Be Mounting – And It Could Be A Washington Earthquake?
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May 22, 2026 |
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127. The Healthcare Affordability Crisis: It is Not Just a Midterm Election Issue
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May 15, 2026 |
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126. Medicare Reforms Hit Potholes
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May 08, 2026 |
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125. Medicare Advantage: Cutting Through the Noise
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May 01, 2026 |
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124. 2027 MA Rates: Relief and Displeasure
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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123. Final 2027 MA and Part D Rule Has Major Star Changes
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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122. With the Feds Failing, States Take the Lead to Fight Healthcare Costs
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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121. Dr. Oz's CMS Revolution
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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120. The 2026 Midterms: The Affordability Election
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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119. Reports of Medicare Advantage's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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118. PBM Reform Explosion: What Just Happened — And What It Really Means
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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117. The Medicare Advantage Open Season – Good News, Bad News And What The Numbers Really Say
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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116. The 2027 ACA Exchange Rule – Structural Reset or Risky Gamble?
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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115. Is Value-Based Care Real … Or Just Healthcare's Favorite Myth?
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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114. 2027 Rate Advance Notice Bad News For Medicare Advantage
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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113. Warning Signs: 2024 National Healthcare Data
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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112. Donald Trump's "Great Healthcare Plan" Falls Short
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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111. Diving Deep On GLP-1 Coverage and Drug Price Reform Models
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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110. Affordability Will Dominate The Midterms
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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109. The Importance of Primary Care and Managing Disease States
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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108. The 2025 Healthcare Year in Review and Predictions for 2026
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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107. Open Enrollment Shows The Affordability Crisis
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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106. It Is Time For Healthcare Reform: A Review
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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105. 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D Draft Rule Explained
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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104. CMS Wants Tougher MA Star Ratings Program
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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103. Will UnitedHealthcare Study Spawn Vertical Integration Scrutiny
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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102. On Drug Rebate Reform and GLP-1 Price Discounts
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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101. Say It Isn't So! Another GOP Push To Real Obamacare?
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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100. Judge Tosses Risk Adjustment Data Validation Rule in Medicare Advantage
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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99. Could An Exchange Subsidy Compromise Be In The Works?
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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98. 2026 Medicare Advantage Star Ratings Results
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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97. Is Big Pharma Hoodwinking The President?
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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96. Special Needs Plan Growth and Operational Risks
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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95. Healthcare Price Disparity and Health Plan Landscape
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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94. The No Surprise Act Needs Reform
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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93. We Do Need Accountability: Not All Big Beautiful Bill Cuts Were Bad Policy
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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92. My Biggest Worry … Erosion of Coverage
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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91. What Will Happen to Medicare Advantage in 2026?
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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90. What Explains The Insurer Meltdown?
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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89. Direct Primary Care and Other Employer Coverage Reform
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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88. House MA Hearing Shows What's In Store For Insurers
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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87. 2024 Medicare Advantage and Part D Program Audit Enforcement Report Out: What Does It Tell Us?
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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86. Will The New 100% RADV Audits Be Fair To Medicare Advantage Plans?
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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85. Healthcare Developments Beyond The One Big Beautiful Bill
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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84. The One Big Beautiful Bill Passes
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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83. Are There Smarter Healthcare Cuts?
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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82. Will Health Plan Pain Continue?
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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81. How Mighty Big Healthcare Has Fallen
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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80. Republicans Are In Stealth Mode On Healthcare Coverage Cuts, But The Impact Is Real
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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79. Managed Care Enters New Cycle; Medicare Advantage Needs To Pivot To Thrive
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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78. The Budget Reconciliation Saga
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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77. Donald Trump Goes All In On Drug Price Reform
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May 30, 2025 |
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76. Diving Into The 2026 Final Announcement And 2026 Rule For Medicare Advantage and Part D
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May 23, 2025 |
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75. Tariffs Could Have An Ugly Impact On Healthcare Costs And Access
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May 16, 2025 |
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74. Medicaid "Outlier" States And Their "Over-Expansion" Stuck In The Craw Of Conservatives
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May 09, 2025 |
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73. Donald Trump Comes Out Strong On Drug Price Reform
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May 02, 2025 |
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72. Fetterman Is Right On GLP-1s, But Now Is Not The Time To Expand In Medicare
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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71. All About Special Needs Plans And Their Recent Growth
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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70. With The Cigna-HCSC Sale, Who Is Right About Medicare Advantage?
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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69. 2025 Medicare Advantage Enrollment Shows Struggle Of Industry
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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68. Lessons From Oz: What Does The Future CMS Head Tell Us About Trump Healthcare Policy?
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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67. In Budget Reconciliation, GOP Lawmakers Seek To Thread The Needle on Healthcare Cuts
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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66. Time For Medical Price Reform To Help Employers
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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65. Is Trump Stretching Article 2 Of The Constitution?
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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64. Trump's Populism Could Spell Trouble For Big Pharma
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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63. Round 2 of Medicare Drug Negotiations Has Begun. What Will Trump Do?
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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62. Some Signs Healthcare Cuts May Be Tempered
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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61. What Are The Possible Healthcare Cost Reductions in 2025?
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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60. The Torch Has Been Passed At The White House: A Republican's Reflection On Biden's Healthcare Accomplishments
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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59. 2026 Rate and Policy Changes For Medicare Advantage and Part D
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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58. What Could The First 100 Days Of Trump 47 Look Like From A Budget Perspective?
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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57. 2024 Healthcare Year in Review and 2025 Predictions Special
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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56. Release of The 2023 National Healthcare Expenditures Data Report
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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55. Reforming The Medicare Advantage Minimum Medical Loss Ratio
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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54. What Americans' Experiences During Open Enrollment Tell Us About The Broken Healthcare System
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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53. The Medicare Advantage and Part D Rule For 2026 Is Out With Major Changes
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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52. MA's Challenges, Its Future, And Its Value
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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51. Why Trump And The GOP Should Safeguard The ACA
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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50. What The Election Outcome Means To Healthcare
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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49. Big Healthcare Has Troubles And Its Future Is Unknown
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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48. It Is Time For A Permanent Physician Rate Fix In Medicare
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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47. CMS Must Institute A Special Enrollment Period in 2025 For MA and Part D Enrollees To Safeguard Their Healthcare
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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46. Another Bad Year For Medicare Advantage Star Ratings in 2025
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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45. The Biggest Lie From The Recent VP Debate Came From JD Vance When He Said Trump Salvaged The ACA. What?
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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44. Commonwealth Fund "Mirror Mirror" Report Says U.S. Healthcare In Desperate Need Of Reform.
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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43. Employer Coverage Healthcare Trends Driven By Drug Spending
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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42. Is America Getting The Value It Deserves From Part D?
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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41. My Exhaustive Hunt For My GLP-1 Drug To Treat My Diabetes!
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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40. A Study Shows Hospitals Can Make Money By Being More Efficient. They Need to Be Reformed.
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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39. Toward a More Accountable Medicare Advantage Program
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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38. The Big Pharma Apocalypse Did Not Happen
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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37. Would Insurers Fare Better Under A Trump or Harris Administration?
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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36. Are the Democrats in for an October Healthcare Surprise?
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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35. CMS And Congress Now Must Tackle Agent-Broker Compensation Reform In Medicare Advantage
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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34. Medicare Advantage Plans Need To Take Concerns On Supplemental Benefits Seriously
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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33. The Need For Comprehensive Site Neutral Payment Policies
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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32. The Supreme Court's Chevron Decision Will Upend Regulatory Rulemaking in America
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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31. Investigating TukeyGate and CMS' Recalculation of 2024 Medicare Advantage Star Ratings
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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30. Digging Into My Modest Election-Year Proposal For Healthcare Reform: Part 3 — Driving To Affordable Universal Access
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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29. Digging Into My Modest Election-Year Proposal For Healthcare Reform: Part 2— Pivoting To Care Management From Our Obsession With Utilization Management
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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28. Digging Into My Modest Election-Year Proposal For Healthcare Reform: Part 1—The Importance Of Price Reform
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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27. My Modest Proposal For Healthcare Reform for Election Year 2024
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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26. Election '24 is close for the presidency and control of Congress. Will healthcare play a role?
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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25. MA Plans Should Ready For Changes To Risk Adjustment Submissions?
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May 31, 2024 |
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24. Healthcare Trends And Their Impact On Health Plan Finances and Economics
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May 24, 2024 |
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23. How Falling Medicaid Enrollment is Impacting Health Plans and Providers Alike
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May 17, 2024 |
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22. Enhanced Subsidies Key To Exchange Stability
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May 10, 2024 |
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21. The No Surprises Act Will Drive Costs Upward
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May 03, 2024 |
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20. 2025 Medicare Advantage Rates and Policy Changes Finalized
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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19. My Courageous Daughter Is Having Brain Surgery!
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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18. The PBM transparency movement is rising for good reason.
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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17. What happened when Change Healthcare suffered a major cyberattack and what will it mean to the broader healthcare system moving forward?
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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16. Biden goes on the offensive on healthcare issues, but what about entitlement reform?
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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15. What Does King Charles' Cancer Diagnosis Tell Us About Access To Treatment Around The World?
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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14. The Importance of Price Transparency
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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13. Medicare Advantage Compliance and Regulatory Trends in 2024
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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12. Medicare Advantage Stars Explained
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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11. Value-Based Care Payments and Arrangements Explained
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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10. Comparing And Contrasting Major Healthcare Policies of President Biden and Former President Trump
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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9. Is Medicare Advantage Collapsing After Its Boom Or Simply Adjusting
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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8. MA Enrollment Growth From 2023 to 2024
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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7. A profile of the biggest, publicly traded insurers in America
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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6. The GOP Primaries – Marc's views on the Republican candidates from a healthcare and non-healthcare perspective
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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5. Modeled In Part On Processes In Other Developed Countries, The Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Should Save Money, Promote Better Outcomes, And Have Little Impact On Innovation
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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4. The Healthcare Labyrinth's Healthcare Review for 2023 and Predictions for 2024
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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3. Trump Gives Democrats Issue By Raising Repeal of Obamacare
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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2. World Healthcare System Types and How America Fits In
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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1. The Debut of The Healthcare Labyrinth Podcast
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Dec 22, 2023 |