{"id":383326,"date":"2026-04-09T14:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/383326\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:40:13","slug":"trump-policies-help-health-insurers-despite-promises-to-clamp-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/383326\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump policies help health insurers, despite promises to clamp down"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 Health Care Inc. newsletter<\/a>. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09.<\/p>\n

President Trump and his health leaders have repeatedly directed their ire toward health insurance companies, painting them as fat cats that need to be reined in.<\/p>\n

But almost every major decision Trump officials have made since reclaiming the White House has benefitted insurers and their bottom lines. The most recent action \u2014 finalizing higher payments to Medicare Advantage plans in 2027<\/a> \u2014 will funnel an extra $13 billion toward the industry while abandoning a reform<\/a> that would have led to more accurate, and lower, payments<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt really does seem like the rhetoric is going one way, and now these actions seem very industry-friendly,\u201d said Neil Patil, a senior fellow and Medicare policy expert at Georgetown University\u2019s Center on Health Insurance Reform.<\/p>\n

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