CMS projects that 2.3 million people will come off Medicaid in the first year of the new work requirement. The uncomfortable part is that a large share of them will still be eligible on the day their coverage ends. Not because they were not working. Because a form did not arrive, or a data match […]
Researchers tracked a set of provider listings after the federal accuracy rules took effect. On average, inaccuracies persisted for 40.3% of the providers they searched for at least 540 days. Of the listings still standing at follow-up, only 13.3% had been fully corrected. Which is a technical way of saying: the directory you are about […]
Six people walk in with the same sore throat. Depending on where they walk in, they pay anywhere from twenty dollars to two and a half thousand. Almost none of that gap is about the medicine. Typical published self-pay ranges, mid-2026. A primary care visit averages around $160–$171 nationally; ER averages for uninsured patients commonly […]