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STAT covers the health insurance industry and its impact on public health and affordability of care. From allegations of AI-powered claim denials to coverage for overdose medications, from the challenges of insurers covering new weight loss drugs to mandates for coverage of mental health care, our reporters are on the lookout for medical insurance trends and issues.

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Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: What to know about this year’s Medicare open enrollment period

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Eye docs urge Medicare to lower insurance hurdles amid shortage of repackaged Avastin

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth’s profit jumps as medical costs come in lower than expected

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

What’s next in the Kaiser Permanente strike

Hospitals Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Dana-Farber CEO on Mass General split: Boston needed a dedicated cancer hospital

Exclusive Rachel Cohrs and John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Key Senate panel eyes action on drug shortages

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

The stability of $0 premiums in Medicare Advantage

Hospitals Bob Herman

STAT Plus: More hospital and outpatient visits expected to persist through fall and winter

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Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Republicans aren’t quite done talking about Obamacare, after all

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Senate committee chair tries to spark negotiations to keep Medicare solvent

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Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Elevance’s embattled bid to buy Louisiana’s Blues plan was a stretch to begin with

Insurance Simar Bajaj

STAT Plus: Medicare Advantage plans for dual-eligible enrollees set to get Senate scrutiny

First Opinion Amelia Mercado and J. Wesley Boyd

How medical schools are failing students who need mental health care

Business Annalisa Merelli

As Biden plans to ban medical debt from credit scores, advocates press for more change

Hospitals Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Patients, doctors press FTC to beef up hospital merger scrutiny

Hospitals Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Medicare wants to increase payments for heart rehab. Hospitals see an opening to get more

Hospitals Brittany Trang

STAT Plus: Walmart may buy concierge Medicare Advantage provider ChenMed. But will it scale?

D.C. Diagnosis Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: A new House health package & hospitals’ new site-neutral talking points

Health Emily Maloney

Ketamine can be transformative for people with suicidal thoughts — if they can access it

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Covid hospitalizations on the rise, Humana says

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Humana sues Biden administration over Medicare Advantage audit rule

Health Lev Facher

A big insurer decides to cover naloxone for overdose; will others follow?

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Feds fine Medicare Advantage plans for overcharging their members

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Blue Shield of California overhauls drug pricing operation — by adding more vendors

Special Report Bob Herman, J. Emory Parker, Adam Feuerstein, Lizzy Lawrence and Mohana Ravindranath

STAT Plus: Health care CEOs hauled in $4 billion last year as inflation pinched workers, analysis shows