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Kevin Hennosy

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Fascinated by insurance public policy & American politics. Live Columbus, Ohio. LGBTQ ally Rabid Buckeye fan.

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Coming Soon: The HEALTH CARE un-covered Show Watch now | Available on Substack, Spotify, YouTube and beyond.

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27.02.2026 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big Insurance Earnings 2025: Stock Buybacks, Earnings Per Share, Market Capitalization The seven largest for-profit health insurance conglomerates took in nearly $1.7 trillion from their customers in 2025 ($175 billion more than in 2024) and they booked more than $54 billion in profits.

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26.02.2026 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Economic Exploitation of Independent Physicians by Insurers Stranded in the market – independent physicians are surrounded by insurer sharks.

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18.02.2026 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICYMI: Patients vs. Profits, Exposing the Insurance Middlemen (The Chad Prather Show) Listen to Prather and me talk about Big Insurance consolidation, soaring premiums and dirty tricks.

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11.02.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 2008 Housing Crash Was a Warning. Health Insurance May Be Next. A house of cards built on denial, delay and Wall Street expectations just lost $80 billion in a single day.

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03.02.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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​​Senate Judiciary: UnitedHealth Turned Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment Into a Profit Engine A Senate report reveals how risk adjustment became a business model β€” and one of Medicare Advantage’s original champions is now warning it’s gone off the rails.

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01.02.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For Big Insurers, Tomorrow’s Congressional Hearings Is the Super Bowl From β€œrude question” binders to lawyered-up word salad, this is how I would make sure my old boss wouldn't tank our company's stock price.

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21.01.2026 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:

"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

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Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:

"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."

"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.

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TPAs: The Goodfellas Running Employers’ Health Plans Third-party administrators claim to save self-insured businesses money but are only enriching themselves.

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12.01.2026 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Plans Meeting With Health Insurance Executives The President says he’ll meet with health insurers as the 24 million people who buy coverage through the ACA marketplaces are now facing premium hikes large enough to push them out of coverage.

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08.01.2026 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6 Never Ended

Jan. 6 never ended

by Jamie Raskin www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...

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Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension Contact Congress today!

Loser Mike Johnson hopes we forgot about extending ACA tax credits while he was on Christmas vacation.

Let’s make it very clear how wrong he is:

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New Bill Offers Real Relief on Drug Costs With coverage slipping out of reach for millions, a new bill takes aim at insurers’ prescription drug profiteering.

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17.12.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A new low.

15.12.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6150    πŸ” 754    πŸ’¬ 523    πŸ“Œ 68
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This is both disgusting and expected.

The Scumbag-in-Chief

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Ringing in the New Year With WISeR But Without ACA Subsidies Next year, seniors and families will have more stringent and more unaffordable health coverage thanks to new AI-driven prior authorizations in Medicare and loss of subsidies in the ACA.

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15.12.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
NYT headlines on mass shootings

NYT headlines on mass shootings

Starting the fireplace and went to grab an old newspaper for kindling. Found this page from January 2023.

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After coming into contact with a religious man, I always feel I must wash my hands.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

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Sunday thought: How Christmas will steal the Trump His malignant narcissism prevents him from understanding public anxiety about the cost of living

Trump's malignant narcissism prevents him from understanding public anxiety about the cost of living. It could be his downfall. Some thoughts...

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-trump-tells-america

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Governor JB Pritzker joins the demonstrators during the second "No Kings" protest

Governor JB Pritzker joins the demonstrators during the second "No Kings" protest

JB Pritzker: β€œWe’re a nation mostly of immigrants β€” that is who we are fundamentally at our core. We ought to always be that, it’s what’s made our country great β€” Immigrants are the most entrepreneurial. Immigrants are the most grateful & patriotic”

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Rob Reiner, the legendary director and actor who rose to prominence in 'All in the Family' and went on to direct classics 'This Is Spinal Tap,' 'Stand by Me,' and 'The Princess Bride,' was found dead in his home alongside his wife.

Story: rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

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Rob Reiner, Legendary Comedic Actor and β€˜Princess Bride’ Director, FoundΒ DeadΒ in His Home Rob Reiner, director of 'The Princess Bride' and 'This Is Spinal Tap,' has been found dead at 78.

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15.12.2025 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

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RFK Jr.’s health department is using religious freedom to strip transgender people of health care β€œThis administration is obsessed with targeting trans folks,” former HHS deputy assistant secretary for health policy Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.

β€œThis administration is obsessed with targeting trans folks,” former HHS deputy assistant secretary for health policy Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.

09.12.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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I’ve Spent 40 Years Reporting on America’s Health Care Struggles. We’re Moving Backward. Families are still choosing between medicine and meals, and new policies β€” including Medicaid work requirements β€” threaten to undo hard-won gains of the ACA.

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