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The Average Marketplace Deductible Grew by About $1,000 Per Person in 2026, With More Enrollees Shifting to Higher-Deductible Plans as Enhanced Tax Credits Expired

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The average Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace deductible experienced the steepest increase in history—growing by 37% or over $1,000, from $2,759 in 2025 to $3,786 in 2026 as enhanced premium tax credits expired, according to a new KFF analysis. After the enhanced tax credits ended, many Marketplace shoppers shifted toward lower-premium, higher-deductible plans.

AI: As Much Peril As Promise?

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What does AI mean for patients in bed and doctors at the bedside? Host Chip Kahn and guest Dr. Robert Wachter, Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, discuss whether AI will produce a different kind of doctor in the future — a “clinician curator rather than a clinician-diagnostician.”…

48 Groups Want Trump Administration To Improve Process to Resolve Payer-Provider Disputes

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A coalition of employer and consumer groups is urging the Trump administration to crack down on alleged abuse of the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process. The post 48 Groups Want Trump Administration To Improve Process to Resolve Payer-Provider Disputes appeared first on MedCity News.

ChatGPT Wants to Improve Your Health — ChatCPR Might Actually Save Your Life

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Researchers from UC San Diego, Johns Hopkins and UPMC have developed an AI-powered CPR coaching tool called ChatCPR that outperformed human 911 dispatchers in guiding bystanders through CPR. The team released the tool as an open-source resource, with the hopes that the right companies and emergency-response organizations can deploy it broadly. The post ChatGPT Wants…

Functional Medicine Provider Parsley Health Catching on With Payers

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Robin Berzin, M.D., CEO and founder of Parsley Health, calls bringing functional medicine to 150 million lives on major health plans a huge milestone

FDA Approves AstraZeneca Drug With New Approach to Lowering High Blood Pressure

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AstraZeneca’s Baxfendy is the first FDA-approved drug in a new class of medicines called aldosterone synthase inhibitors. The new mechanism of action is important for patients and for AstraZeneca, which has been looking for new drugs with blockbuster potential as its top cardiometabolic medicine faces patent expiration. The post FDA Approves AstraZeneca Drug With New…

Why Clinician-Led AI Strategies Are Gaining Momentum in Healthcare

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The future of healthcare AI may depend less on algorithms and more on credibility. Presbyterian Healthcare Services is testing that theory with a clinician-led deployment strategy.

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Should you adopt a new treatment if the only evidence comes from other countries?

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If you are a payer or a policymaker, should you except the results of a global clinical trial or require additional evidence that a drug works in your country. There are a few options to consider. Delay approval until local confirmatory trial. Approach enacted in several Asian countries (see Habr et al. 2024). While this…

Hospital Prices Have Risen Much Faster for Private Insurance Than Medicare Since 2019

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This brief compares the prices paid by private insurers for hospital care to increases in Medicare payment using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Producer Price Index (PPI), finding that hospital prices have risen much faster for private insurance than Medicare since 2019.

Why Real-World Evidence Is Becoming the Missing Link Between Innovation and Patient Care in Oncology

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Organizations that can generate and apply high-quality, clinically grounded evidence will be better positioned to close the gap between what is proven in trials and what is achieved in practice. The post Why Real-World Evidence Is Becoming the Missing Link Between Innovation and Patient Care in Oncology appeared first on MedCity News.

Lantern, Marathon Health Launch Partnership to Provide Integrated Primary and Specialty Care

Kardigan’s IPO Lands $400M for Drugs That Get to Root Causes of Heart Diseases

Researchers Say Whole-Body MRI Companies Are Inflating the Scans’ Medical Benefits

The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Health Care Workforce

What Life Sciences Companies Get Wrong When Building Cross-Border R&D Structures

Beyond the Pilot Trap: How Healthcare Can Scale AI Without Losing Trust

The Average Marketplace Deductible Grew by About $1,000 Per Person in 2026, With More Enrollees Shifting to Higher-Deductible Plans as Enhanced Tax Credits Expired

AI: As Much Peril As Promise?

48 Groups Want Trump Administration To Improve Process to Resolve Payer-Provider Disputes

ChatGPT Wants to Improve Your Health — ChatCPR Might Actually Save Your Life

Functional Medicine Provider Parsley Health Catching on With Payers

FDA Approves AstraZeneca Drug With New Approach to Lowering High Blood Pressure

Why Clinician-Led AI Strategies Are Gaining Momentum in Healthcare

Should you adopt a new treatment if the only evidence comes from other countries?

Hospital Prices Have Risen Much Faster for Private Insurance Than Medicare Since 2019

Why Real-World Evidence Is Becoming the Missing Link Between Innovation and Patient Care in Oncology