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The Law That Protects Patients Became a Billing Machine

Sep 23, 2026

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3 min read

The Law That Protects Patients Became a Billing Machine

The No Surprises Act protected patients from unexpected bills. Its arbitration system now faces scrutiny over volume, costs, and incentives.

Matt Toresco

Everyone Is Talking About Clinical AI. Nobody Is Talking to Patients.

Sep 16, 2026

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6 min read

Everyone Is Talking About Clinical AI. Nobody Is Talking to Patients.

Federal regulators are writing the evaluation principles for clinical AI with every stakeholder at the table except the people the technology gets used on.

Matt Toresco

Access Gets Rewritten: How August 2026 Redrew Patient Access Without the Patients

Sep 9, 2026

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8 min read

Access Gets Rewritten: How August 2026 Redrew Patient Access Without the Patients

August rebuilt the machinery that decides whether a patient reaches treatment, and the people who take the drugs left almost no fingerprints on the drafting.

Matt Toresco

Nobody Judges Their Own Case. Except Here.

Sep 2, 2026

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5 min read

Nobody Judges Their Own Case. Except Here.

An insurer can own the company that reviews its own denials and keep the money when the answer comes back no. A former FTC policy director wrote the fix after her father died waiting for one.

Matt Toresco

North Carolina Answered the Question the Industry Stopped Asking

Aug 26, 2026

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4 min read

North Carolina Answered the Question the Industry Stopped Asking

Medicaid bought groceries, paid rent, and covered bus fare. The state came out $164 per person per month ahead. The evidence has sat in public since June and most of the industry still has not read it.

Matt Toresco

Structure Is the Disease: Why Advocacy Coordination Beats Another Breakthrough

Aug 18, 2026

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4 min read

Structure Is the Disease: Why Advocacy Coordination Beats Another Breakthrough

Metastatic breast cancer has exposed a brutal truth. Science can move while disconnected systems keep patients waiting.

Matt Toresco

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Maximizing Your Impact In Patient Advocacy

Keep up with all of the key issues and events impacting patient advocacy organizations and the patients they represent!

READ OUR LATEST BLOG POSTS

The Law That Protects Patients Became a Billing Machine

Everyone Is Talking About Clinical AI. Nobody Is Talking to Patients.

Access Gets Rewritten: How August 2026 Redrew Patient Access Without the Patients

Nobody Judges Their Own Case. Except Here.

North Carolina Answered the Question the Industry Stopped Asking

Structure Is the Disease: Why Advocacy Coordination Beats Another Breakthrough

CHECK OUT MATT’S LATEST VIDEOS ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE & CHECK OUT MATT’S TEDx CHARLESTON VIDEO BELOW!

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