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employercoverage.substack.com > p > saturday-longforms-post-polio-syndrome

Saturday Longforms: Post-polio syndrome, measles, metagenomics, stem cells and employer health insurance unraveling

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (165+ words) Happy Labor Day weekend. I’ll be off on Monday and returning on Tuesday. Gabriela Galvin writes in Bloomberg that many people who had polio in childhood develop new weakness, fatigue, and other neurologic symptoms later in life. Because many polio…...

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employercoverage.substack.com > p > no-surprises-act-dispute-process

No Surprises Act dispute process increased medical costs by $22.4 billion over four years

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (304+ words) Summary: The No Surprises Act’s arbitration (IDR) process has generated $22.4 billion in costs since 2022, driven by rapidly rising dispute volume, provider win rates of 85%, and outsized awards well above in-network benchmarks. Costs accelerated sharply in 2025. Source: Hoadly, J and Watts,…...

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employercoverage.substack.com > p > saturday-longforms-rare-disease-rising

Saturday Longforms: Rare disease, rising health care costs, CAR-T therapy, paying for excluded services and hospital monopolies

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (365+ words) Substack Saturday Longforms: Rare disease, rising health care costs, CAR-T therapy, paying for excluded services and hospital monopolies Gina Kolata of the New York Times (gift link) profiles a woman with a rare disease (Jansen Metaphyseal Chondrodysplasia) which deforms bones…...