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The Healthcare System We Inherited
The day after Election Day is a useful time to step back from campaign language and look at the healthcare system the next group of elected leaders will inherit.
Jessica Lindley
Nov 46 min read


Translating Feedback into Action
What the Designing Medicare-Medicaid Integrated Care Programs Centered on Enrollee Experience Toolkit Still Needs | Part 1 Sometimes I read a new healthcare toolkit and find myself mentally walking through the work it will take to put it into practice. (yep, I'm a healthcare geek.) Who needs to be in the room? What has to change? And who gets the call when something does not work? That is where my mind went with the Center for Health Care Strategies’ new toolkit on Medicare–M
Jessica Lindley
Sep 1613 min read


Dental. Ugh.
Why, in 2026, do we still treat your teeth as though they are somehow separate from the rest of your body?
Jessica Lindley
Sep 25 min read


We Know How to Pilot Healthcare Innovation. Why Don’t We Know How to Scale It?
We are really good at innovating in Medicaid. We are terrible at scaling it.
Jessica Lindley
Sep 211 min read


Medicare Advantage’s Little Black Box: Where Does Your $171 Go?
Medicare Advantage markets supplemental benefits aggressively. But can anyone show whether members can access them, afford to use them, or receive meaningful value? (I have some questions)
Jessica Lindley
Sep 28 min read


The Elephant in the Room: Where Risk Moves
In healthcare, solving a problem for one stakeholder can simply move the cost, complexity, or burden somewhere else.
Jessica Lindley
Jul 315 min read
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