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Nov 4, 2026
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3 min read
Open enrollment opens November 1. Four point six million people already left the individual market while the field argued about drug prices.
Oct 28, 2026
4 min read
Medicare open enrollment opens October 15. CMS made plan level prior authorization data public in March, and the advocacy field left it on the shelf.
Oct 21, 2026
CMS cancelled coverage for more than 760,000 people six weeks before Open Enrollment and published no way for any of them to find out or fight back.
Oct 14, 2026
Four PBMs now hold 75 percent of the market, and every one of the ten largest shares an owner with a health insurer. Patients pay for that structure at the counter.
Oct 7, 2026
11 min read
September rewarded everyone with a seat at the table. Drugmakers traded concessions for exemptions, arbiters collected a fee per dispute, and vendors earned a cut of every denied claim. Patients got a letter, a bill, or a paperwork deadline.
Jul 29, 2026
How one overlooked patient fear stalled a Phase 2b trial and exposed the high cost of treating patient advocacy as an afterthought.
Jul 22, 2026
6 min read
A rating built to help a senior pick a plan now decides simple vanity metrics. Elevance just made that trade explicit.
Jul 16, 2026
Why a patient protection program that moved $82 billion in discounted drugs now owes patients proof, not talking points.
Jul 8, 2026
9 min read
June turned a year of deferred accountability into a month of consequences, and for once the pressure landed on the players who profit instead of the patients who pay.
Jul 2, 2026
Four distinct kinds of patient support exist. Knowing the difference helps you find the right help faster.
Patient Advocacy
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Six practical steps to narrow down thousands of advocacy organizations to the ones that will actually help you.
Advocates are guides, translators, and allies inside a healthcare system that was not built with the patient in mind.
From first contact to ongoing support — a walkthrough of what advocacy actually looks like in practice.
Jul 1, 2026
Colorado's decision to import medicine from Canada is more than a policy change. It is a public acknowledgment that the U.S. drug pricing system has failed the patients it was meant to serve.
