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Health insurance whistleblower Wendell Potter formally adopts Un-covered into his network of healthcare advocacy efforts Read More

In Indiana, the data seems to point toward “yes” Read More

Insurance industry dynamics continue to drive up both consumer costs and payor profits. Read More

A new rule outlines how payors and providers will dispute payment rates – and puts doctors as a disadvantage. Read More

Two news stories – a patient's struggle in St. Louis and a payor's Q3 earnings – show just how damaging the U.S. insurance industry has become. Read More

Health plans cost more and cover less. How did this happen? Read More

How insurers deflect criticism, avoid reform and preserve the status quo. Read More

Patient beware–CA lawsuit alleges three major insurers feature “ghost networks” in provider directories. Read More

Payors are skilled at deflecting the blame for high healthcare costs, even while enjoying record profits. Here's how it's done. Read More

One of the most important things that the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 did was to create the individual market, a series of state-based insurance marketplaces (“exchanges”) where consumers could go to select and purchase health plans. Read More

2020 was the year of the worst pandemic of our lifetime, and it turned out to be the most profitable year ever for America’s health insurers, even as many hospitals and physician practices were struggling to stay afloat. Unless current trends change and cause some unexpected reversal of fortune, 2021 will likely bring more of the same — if not bigger profits — for health insurers. Read More

Our annual national survey measures the level of trust between hospitals and health plans. We’ve been conducting this research for years, and 2020 brought the most dramatic erosion of trust in health plans we’ve witnessed yet. Read More