{"id":137566,"date":"2025-08-11T18:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/137566\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T18:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:10:12","slug":"medicare-advantage-research-machine-a-big-home-health-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/137566\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Advantage research machine, A big home health deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-bio\">Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers \u2014 reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also the author of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/signup\/health-care-inc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health Care Inc. newsletter<\/a>. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09.<\/p>\n<p>This is the online version of STAT\u2019s weekly email newsletter Health Care Inc.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/category\/health-care-inc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hello! This newsletter started in July 2022, and now here we are, more than three years later. It\u2019s wild how much has changed in health care, and yet, there hasn\u2019t been any real change to the broader system. Anyway, we\u2019ve got a new story on UnitedHealth Group \u2014 no better time to get <a href=\"https:\/\/marketing.statnews.com\/stat-plus-august25\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">half off a STAT subscription<\/a>. 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