{"id":12172,"date":"2026-03-21T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=12172"},"modified":"2026-03-21T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:00:00","slug":"journalists-shine-light-on-out-of-reach-insurance-prices-ais-role-in-claims-disputes-and-susie-wiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=12172","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Shine Light on Out-of-Reach Insurance Prices, AI\u2019s Role in Claims Disputes, and Susie Wiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed the KFF Health News series \u201cPriced Out,\u201d which focuses on the health insurance crisis, on <em>An Arm and a Leg<\/em> on March 19.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armandalegshow.com\/episode\/not-workable\/\">Click here to hear Rayasam on <em>An Arm and a Leg<\/em><\/a> (starts at 21:03).<\/p>\n<p>Read Rayasam\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/priced-out-health-insurance-costs-kentucky-tennessee-south-carolina\/\">When Health Insurance Costs More Than the Mortgage<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News rural health reporter Andrew Jones discussed the spread of measles across the Carolinas on WUNC\u2019s <em>Due South<\/em> on March 17.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunc.org\/show\/due-south\/2026-03-17\/vaccines-public-health-asheville-nashville-triangle\">Click here to hear Andrew Jones on <em>Due South<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Jones\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/measles-outbreak-cdc-carolina-sc-nc-vaccines\/\">Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, discussed on CBS News 24\/7\u2019s <em>The Daily Report<\/em> on March 16 how U.S. hospitals and insurers are turning to AI to settle disputes over medical claims and payments. On March 17, she outlined the court ruling blocking the Trump administration\u2019s vaccine policy changes for children on CBS News\u2019 <em>CBS Mornings<\/em>. Gounder also discussed Susie Wiles\u2019 decision to stay on as White House chief of staff amid breast cancer treatment on CBS News 24\/7\u2019s <em>The Takeout<\/em> on March 16.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TAVF5Ve8Tq4&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Click here to watch Gounder discuss hospitals, insurers, and AI on <em>The Daily Report<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FM9prgL7MYc\">Click here to watch Gounder discuss vaccine policy changes for children on <em>CBS Mornings<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q5QAgXWHq8s\">Click here to watch Gounder discuss White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on <em>CBS Mornings<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/about-us\">KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/about-us\/\">KFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>USE OUR CONTENT<\/h3>\n<p>This story can be republished for free (<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/on-air-march-21-2026-insurance-prices-measles-spread-ai-vaccine-ruling-susie-wiles\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed the KFF Health News series \u201cPriced Out,\u201d which focuses on the health insurance crisis, on An Arm and a Leg on March 19. Click here to hear Rayasam on An Arm and a Leg (starts at 21:03). Read Rayasam\u2019s \u201cWhen Health Insurance Costs More Than the Mortgage.\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}