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Weekly Health Policy Briefing

Weekly Health Policy Briefing: 4/29/2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing: 4/29/2026

As we watch Nebraska roll-out community engagement requirements, Devoted is navigating seemingly contradictory headlines, and Virtue hypothesizes about a new actuarial infrastructure layer

Apr 30, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 04/23/2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 04/23/2026

A real tragedy of the commons situation in the IDR process and state-level "public options"

Apr 23, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 04/14/2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 04/14/2026

Why I like ACCESS even though I'm skeptical it will work and state level insurance experiments.

Apr 16, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 04/02/2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 04/02/2026

Inferred risk for ACOs and tough choices for state legislators and Medicaid agencies.

Apr 2, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/26/2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/26/2026

A pall over AHIP, managed care by default in Medicare, and retroactive Medicaid coverage.

Mar 26, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/19/2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/19/2026

MedPAC recommendations, state directed payments, and the ESRD bundled payment.

Mar 19, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/12/2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/12/2026

Bipartisan discontent with MA plans, a case study in work requirement implementation costs, and the twitchiness of ACA insurance investors

Mar 12, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/05/2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 03/05/2026

prior auth is back in the spotlight, Elevance's USB thumb drives, funding rounds for Greater Good Health and findhelp, and the MA edition of when to defect in a prisoner's dilemma type situation

Mar 5, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/26/2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/26/2026

fraud watch, provider shortages, the downsides of clever schemes like 340B, and more

Feb 26, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/19/2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/19/2026

regulatory risk premia, access rates, and laboratories of health care policy

Feb 19, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/12/2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/12/2026

20% growth for Humana's MA book during AEP, the 2027 payment rule for ACA plans, and the mother of all procurements for Indiana Medicaid.

Feb 12, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/05/26

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 02/05/26

Insights on ACA, VBC, and PACE from public earnings, ACO updates from CMS, and one small step towards site neutral payments.

Feb 5, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/29/26

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/29/26

Advance rate notice, ACA enrollment, and the latest salvo in the what costs more, original Medicare or Medicare Advantage debate

Jan 29, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/22/26

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/22/26

PBM reform, the HHS appropriations deal, and a $40m Series B for virtual ABA platform AnswersNow

Jan 22, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/15/26

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/15/26

Some JPM highlights, an ACA enrollment update, and pondering what the right % of household income is for healthcare spending

Jan 15, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/08/26

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 01/08/26

The rural transformation begins, an update on ACA subsidies and enrollment, and a big fundraising round for a business with Medicaid exposure.

Jan 8, 2026

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 12/18/2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 12/18/2025

Reading the ACA tea leaves, skin substitute determinations, and OIG audits.

Dec 18, 2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 12/11/2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 12/11/2025

ACA enrollment numbers come in hot, Medicaid infrastructure comes into focus, and the regulatory tailwind of the 21st Century Cures Act for ESRD

Dec 11, 2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 12/04/2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 12/04/2025

ACA open enrollment, final rules, and the sub-optimal policy trap

Dec 4, 2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 11/20/2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 11/20/2025

the ACA extension party lines, what enacted and imposted means, and a new strategy for CMS' innovation center

Nov 20, 2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 11/13/2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 11/13/2025

the HSA option, BearCare, and the trouble with policy making around the most or least sympathetic cases

Nov 13, 2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 11/06/2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing 11/06/2025

tough choices for fragile state budgets, squeezing the Medicare balloon, and MA plans report earnings during a tricky year

Nov 6, 2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing | 10/30/2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing | 10/30/2025

No one wants to be the cheapest ACA plan in 2026, Medicaid cuts as a headwind, and managing costs in the US health care system.

Oct 30, 2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing | 10/23/2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing | 10/23/2025

earnings season starts with Elevance and Molina, Cedar launches a digital safety net, and the ACA saved money but also made everyone angry

Oct 23, 2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing | 10/17/2025

Weekly Health Policy Briefing | 10/17/2025

The subsidy shutdown drags on, Deloitte is in the hot seat, and a brief but big scare for Medicare provider billing

Oct 17, 2025

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