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Priced Out

Nevada Debuts Public Option Amid Tumultuous Federal Changes to Health Care

The state recently became the third to offer a public option health plan through its Affordable Care Act marketplace. But researchers said it’s unlikely to fill the gaps left by sweeping changes at the federal level.

An Arm and a Leg

An Arm and a Leg: Personal Finance Guru Faces Down an Insurance Denial

Ron Lieber, the “Your Money” columnist for The New York Times, shares ideas about how insurance companies, doctors, and patients can better handle prior authorization denials.

Deadly Denials

Red and Blue States Alike Want To Limit AI in Insurance. Trump Wants To Limit the States.

A revolt is afoot in both red and blue states against the use of artificial intelligence in health insurance determinations — and against efforts led by President Donald Trump to tie states’ hands.

Rural Health Payout

Wyoming Wants To Make Its Five-Year Federal Rural Health Funding Last ‘Forever’

State officials believe they’ve found a way to extend the life of federal Rural Health Transformation Program money Wyoming is receiving as part of last summer’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act — by investing most of it.

Trump Required Hospitals To Post Their Prices for Patients. Mostly It’s the Industry Using the Data.

Politicians have pushed for price transparency in health care. But instead of patients shopping for services, it’s mostly health systems and insurers that are using the information, as fodder for negotiations over pay.

Weekly Podcast

What the Health? From KFF Health News: New Flu Vax? FDA Says No Thanks

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‘Self-conscious consciousness?’

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