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Bruce Japsen

@brucejapsen

Senior Contributor @Forbes. Talking healthcare & biz @WBBMNewsradio @forbesonfox. Author: Inside Obamacare & Walmart's 2nd Opinion. Adjunct @UIOWA_SJMC. Hawkeye

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More choice, in more places, for more people. For 2027, Oscar is expanding into South Carolina and 140 new counties, bringing our footprint to 21 states while introducing new offerings designed around how people actually live, work, and plan for their health. Thanks to @brucejapsen for highlighting what’s ahead for Oscar in 2027, from RetireEase to the continued expansion of @HyVee Health with Oscar. Read more in @Forbes ⤵️ forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen…
As Rivals Retreat, Oscar Health To Expand Obamacare Footprint For 2027

As Rivals Retreat, Oscar Health To Expand Obamacare Footprint For 2027

Oscar Health plans to expand its individual health insurance coverage offerings into one new state and 140 new counties next year even as rivals exit the market.

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They thought they had me 👀
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This is nothing new in Illinois politics, where candidates with similar names have been put on the ballot to siphon votes from another. So it was particularly interesting to read that a “mysterious Midwestern operative” traversed Alaska to get another Dan Sullivan on the ballot.
Sam Stein (@samstein) profile pictureSam Stein
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Peltola’s former campaign manager, fired this summer, goes on record to the NYTs to say that the Dems worked to get another Dan Sullivan on the ballot. ...And then subsequently tries to retract her statements. nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/po…
Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Midterm Ballot With Another Dan Sullivan

Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Midterm Ballot With Another Dan Sullivan

Operatives aligned with Mary Peltola, the Democratic nominee for Senate, spent months recruiting candidates to peel votes from Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican.

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So move over, my friend Larry David: somebody pulled the ashes of Bill Maher's career out of the fireplace and somehow re-burned them. His new friend Trump, dinner with whom he keeps boasting about, just had Bill for dessert Sleep with Trump, get fleeced 1/5
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Centene Reports Small Loss As CEO Says Health Insurer On Track For ‘Faster Recovery’ via @forbes forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen…
Centene Reports Small Loss As CEO Says Health Insurer On Track For ‘Faster Recovery’

Centene Reports Small Loss As CEO Says Health Insurer On Track For ‘Faster Recovery’

Centene reported a $71 million third quarter loss though much improved over the year-ago period as the health insurer gets a handle on costs dogging the industry.

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200 cockroaches, black slime found in cafeteria at medical center in @advocatehealth North Side Chicago Hospital. Wonder if it will spur @TJCommission look see youtube.com/shorts/6_T86Bebv… via @YouTube
200 cockroaches, black slime found in cafeteria at medical center in Lakeview

200 cockroaches, black slime found in cafeteria at medical center in Lakeview

The cafeteria at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center had its l...

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@JDScholtenOct 23
Question @Lindsay4Iowa, isn’t there a famous week long bicycle tour across the state of Iowa in late July every year with tens of thousands of riders? 🤔 🚲
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@atruparOct 23
Joe Mitchell: "Thank God you're building the ballroom. Thank God you're getting rid of those awful bike lanes. We don't ride bicycles in Iowa."
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Iowa hosts RAGBRAI, the world's largest multi-day bike tour since 1973 with thousands of riders yearly. Iowa also has extensive bike trails and lanes. ragbrai.com iowadot.gov/modes-travel/b…
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Elevance Health Reports $1.3 Billion Profit As Insurer’s Costs Ease via @forbes forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen…
Elevance Health Reports $1.3 Billion Profit As Insurer’s Costs Ease

Elevance Health Reports $1.3 Billion Profit As Insurer’s Costs Ease

Elevance Health reported third quarter net income of $1.36 billion as the company’s Medicare and Obamacare costs fell, prompting an improved full-year earnings outlook.

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Why Uber Is More Likely To Appear In Your Health Plan Benefit Package via @forbes forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen…
Why Uber Is More Likely To Appear In Your Health Plan Benefit Package

Why Uber Is More Likely To Appear In Your Health Plan Benefit Package

As Uber enters its eighth year as a healthcare provider, the ride-sharing giant says its services are more integrated into health plans and government benefits.

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As Rivals Retreat, Oscar Health To Expand Obamacare Footprint For 2027 via @forbes forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen…
As Rivals Retreat, Oscar Health To Expand Obamacare Footprint For 2027

As Rivals Retreat, Oscar Health To Expand Obamacare Footprint For 2027

Oscar Health plans to expand its individual health insurance coverage offerings into one new state and 140 new counties next year even as rivals exit the market.

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He says the name just fine when he’s begging the Qataris for a personal jet or the Saudis for funding for his son-in-law’s private equity firm. Wonder what’s changed?
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@atruparOct 16
Trump on El-Sayed: "His name is actually Abduladadalalalala. It's Adulbabababababa Mohammed Al-Sayed. So his middle name is Mohammed. So I was right. He's a jihadist."
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Multi-millionaire Ashley Hinson voted 7x to continue the war in Iran that’s driving up gas and diesel prices for Iowans. Now she’s begging for gas money while Iowans are struggling to fill up their tanks and Iowa farmers are struggling to afford the diesel to harvest their fields. That’s shameful.
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Ashley Hinson, who has repeatedly voted against ending the Iran war, asks people to donate gas money for her campaign bus
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Ashley Hinson, who has repeatedly voted against ending the Iran war, asks people to donate gas money for her campaign bus
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Paris Schutz@paschutzOct 13
Ken Paxton in Dubai with indicted former Loretto Hospital COO Anosh Ahmed was.....not on my bingo card. But perhaps I should have hit up the prediction markets and made a bet....wow.
Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) profile pictureNatasha Korecki
@natashakoreckiOct 13
WSJ surfaces video of Ken Paxton in Dubai w girlfriend as well as 2 men indicted on embezzlement of Loretto Hospital in Chicago. wsj.com/video/video-shows-pa…
Video Shows Paxton and Girlfriend Watching New Year’s Fireworks in...

Video Shows Paxton and Girlfriend Watching New Year’s Fireworks in...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his girlfriend Tracy Duhon watched fireworks in Dubai to welcome in 2025, according to a video of the gathering reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, details of...

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UnitedHealth Group Profits Eclipse $4 Billion As Insurer Keeps Costs In Line via @forbes forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen…
UnitedHealth Group Profits Eclipse $4 Billion As Insurer Keeps Costs In Line

UnitedHealth Group Profits Eclipse $4 Billion As Insurer Keeps Costs In Line

UnitedHealth Group's third quarter net income eclipsed $4 billion as the healthcare giant keeps previously uncontrolled medical costs in check in its health plans.

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VillageMD Sells Another 27 Clinics To Harbor Health via @forbes forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen…
VillageMD Sells Another 27 Primary Care Clinics To Harbor Health

VillageMD Sells Another 27 Primary Care Clinics To Harbor Health

VillageMD has signed a deal for an undisclosed sum to sell another 27 primary clinics to Harbor Health, which operates clinics and health insurance plans in Texas.

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Voters Trust Democrats On Healthcare Costs By Wide Margin Over GOP, Per KFF Poll via @forbes forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen…
Voters Trust Democrats On Healthcare Costs By Wide Margin Over GOP, Per KFF Poll

Voters Trust Democrats On Healthcare Costs By Wide Margin Over GOP, Per KFF Poll

By a margin of nearly two-to-one, voters trust Democrats over Republicans when it comes to the issue of healthcare costs, a new KFF poll shows.

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Healthcare Jobs Have Been A Boost To The Economy. But Not For Long via @forbes forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen…
Healthcare Jobs Have Been A Boost To The Economy. But Not For Long

Healthcare Jobs Have Been A Boost To The Economy. But Not For Long

Healthcare jobs that have driven U.S. job growth are being threatened by massive cuts in reimbursement from the Trump administration and Congress.

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As Insurers Pare Medicare Advantage Footprint, Plans Seek Margin Boost via @forbes forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen…
As Insurers Pare Medicare Advantage Footprint, Plans Seek Margin Boost

As Insurers Pare Medicare Advantage Footprint, Plans Seek Margin Boost

Decisions by health insurers to trim the size of their geographic footprints is a way to boost bottom lines as reimbursement flattens and cost of care increases.

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Mostly, Health Insurers Maintain Medicare Advantage Markets For 2027 via @forbes forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen…
Mostly, Health Insurers Maintain Medicare Advantage Markets For 2027

Mostly, Health Insurers Maintain Medicare Advantage Markets For 2027

Health insurers in privatized Medicare Advantage are for the most part maintaining their 2027 geographic footprints after a multi-year period of retrenchment.

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