Health Policy

Health

Your Doctor Ordered It. Your Insurer Has to Approve It First. Here Is What the Numbers Show.

Insurers made 52.8 million Medicare Advantage prior authorization decisions in 2024. Few denials were appealed, and most appeals won. What to ask and what the new rules change.

Oct 23, 2026

The Enrollment Clock Is Running: What Changes for 2027 Coverage, and Who Keeps It Working

Open enrollment is underway. Here is what changes for 2027 coverage, how to switch plans, and who keeps it working after you click enroll.

Oct 21, 2026

Health Policy

135 Days Until Two Million New Yorkers Have To Prove It

New York's 80-hour Medicaid rule starts Jan 1. Nebraska already cut people. Update your address this week.

Aug 19, 2026

Knowledge

The Premium Cliff: The Next Countdown After Medicaid

The subsidies that made Obamacare affordable are expiring. Premium hikes hit the same families the Medicaid cuts are already coming for.

Aug 13, 2026

Health

It's Health Center Week. In January, the Cutting Starts.

The country is celebrating the clinics that keep 32 million people in care. The same law everyone applauded is about to pull the funding out from under them.

Aug 7, 2026

The Melanin Memo

The Coverage Denial Playbook

How algorithmic prior authorization quietly denies care to Black patients - and how to fight the denial.

Jul 7, 2026

The Melanin Memo

National Public Health Week | READY. SET. ACTION.

Melanin Bliss Is Covering It Through a Lens Nobody Else Has

Apr 8, 2026