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5.2 million people may lose Medicaid. Not from cuts. From paperwork. The Senate is advancing a reconciliation bill that includes mandatory work requirements for Medicaid recipients. On the surface, it sounds reasonable. Work to receive ...

GLP-1 drugs work better with AI. Here is the proof. Semaglutide and tirzepatide are already rewriting the rulebook on obesity treatment. But the real story in 2026 is not just the drug. It is what ...

America's safety net clinics can't afford the AI revolution. And that should alarm every healthcare leader reading this. FQHCs serve more than 32 million patients across the United States. Over 90% of those patients are ...

Telehealth saved millions of patients. Congress could end it. Here is something that does not get enough attention in healthcare boardrooms right now. The telehealth flexibilities that have been in place since 2020 are still ...

Medicaid is being reshaped. Here's what nobody is saying. Most of the conversation around the House reconciliation bill has focused on work requirements. But the structural changes buried inside that legislation deserve just as much ...

Healthcare AI just had one of its biggest funding weeks of 2026. And most healthcare executives still have no idea what was just funded, or why it matters for their organizations. Here is what the ...

Doctors spend 45 hours a week on prior auth. AI is ending that. Let that number sink in. The American Medical Association found that physicians and their staff spend an average of 45 hours per ...

Millions may lose Medicaid, not for being unemployed, but for paperwork. Nebraska launched the country's first federally mandated Medicaid work requirement on May 1, 2026. Covered expansion adults ages 19 to 64 now must document ...