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The Right Way to Buy Stop-Loss in 2026 | with Monique Burke

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The Program That Wipes Out Catastrophic Medical Bills | with Brett Morris

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The $17B Aon-USI Deal & August Healthcare News | Last Month in Healthcare

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The Surgeon Who Flies Himself To Every Operation | with Ronen Elefant

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2027 Renewal Season Prep with Imagine360 - LIVE!

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Why Employers Should Cover Whole Genome Sequencing | with Joshua Resnikoff

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The "Wild West" of Peptides | with Rick Manuel

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The Right Way to Cover GLP-1s in Your Health Plan | with Embla

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Nobody In Washington Understands Employer Healthcare | with Katy Talento

10

The Switch: Why Employers Want To Be Led, Not Sold | with Billy Potter

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Trump's Generic Drug Tariffs & The 14% ACA Hike | Last Month in Healthcare

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Outlier Clauses: Healthcare's Best Kept Secret | with Ryan Bojrab

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The HCC 2026 Stop-Loss Report: My Key Takeaways

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Why Every Broker Needs A Fiduciary Co-Pilot | with Charlie Gragg

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The 2026 State Of Healthcare Spend | with Dena Bravata M.D.

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The Philosophy of U.S. Healthcare (And Why It Resists Change) | with Tom Stein

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$6.5B DOJ Crackdown, Medicare GLP-1 Shifts, Hospital Price Tags | with Sid Sinha

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How One App Could Save U.S. Healthcare | with Matt Taylor

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The 2026 Employer Health Plan Playbook | with Mark Cuban

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Managing the Exploding Costs of Specialty Drugs | with Jake Velie

21

You’re Probably Wrong About Reference-Based Pricing | with Jeff Bak

22

Marty Makary Resigns from FDA + May's Biggest Healthcare News | with Jonathan Lopez

23

The ERISA Fiduciary Crackdown is Here | with Jay Gepfert

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A Health Benefit That Actually Makes Employees Healthier | with Superpower

25

The 2026 Benefits Consulting State Of The Union | with Seth Denson, Chris Hamilton & Taylor Rogers

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Why Self-Funded Employers Are Abandoning National Networks

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Advanced Primary Care 101 (With Ben Miller)

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State Healthcare Regulations, ACA Shifts, Hospital Funding Loopholes | Last Month In Healthcare

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The Financial Case Against Fully Insured Health Plans | with John Kountz

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Rob Gelb’s Huge Announcement: The Future of Vālenz & Self-Funding

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Medical Cannabis As An Employee Benefit?

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Shifting the Risk: A New Way to Account for Healthcare

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Why Traditional Networks are Failing (And What’s Replacing Them)

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A New Way To Predict (And Price) Healthcare Risk

35

March Healthcare Headlines: GLP-1s, PBMs, and The $233M Scam | with Jeff Bak

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The New Era Of Cash Pay In Healthcare

37

How J&Q Codes Are Sabotaging Your Stop-Loss Renewals

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Will PBM Reform Actually Happen? | Last Month In Healthcare

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Building The TPA Of The Future

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Why Venture Capital Is Betting Against Insurance Carriers in 2026

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Why Health Plans Pay $10,000+ For Drugs That Don't Even Work

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The Physician Burnout Crisis: Why DPC Is The Only Way Forward

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Recapping January's Biggest Healthcare Stories | with John Kountz

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Let Doctors Be Doctors: Why Providers Shouldn't Be Debt Collectors

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The "Next Generation" Insurance Agency: What AI-Native Means

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Alcoholism in the Insurance Industry | with Chris Leverett

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Is This iPhone App The Future Of Primary Care? | with VivaScore

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Universities Failed HR. Kyle Minick Is Fixing It

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Why Employees Actually Use Onsite Clinics (Convenience Is King!)

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Tier-Ranking the Biggest Healthcare Stories of 2025 | Last Month In Healthcare

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Why "Co-opetition" Is The Future Of Healthcare | with Dutch Rojas

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21% Of Medical Care Is Unnecessary. Here’s How We Prevent It.

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The "Virtual Wallet" Strategy for Lowering Medical Claims

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Why Did They Dismiss The J&J Lawsuit? | with Chris Hamilton

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Why Private Equity is Pouring Billions Into Healthcare

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The Secret to a Perfect Broker-Partner Relationship

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The Death Of The Broker, And The Rise of the Strategic Consultant

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The "Silent Killer" Your Members Don't Know They Have

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How AI is Predicting Catastrophic Claims (Before They Happen) | with Sasha Gribov

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What's Going On With Our Doctors? | with Kyle Minick

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Building A Cohesive Healthcare Ecosystem | with Garrett Jerue

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The 2025-2026 Stop-Loss State Of The Union | with Jay Ritchie

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How Health Insurance Was Broken Over The Last 40 Years | with John Rutledge

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How Better Beef Can Solve America's Health Crisis 

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High Healthcare Deductibles Are A Failed Experiment

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Making Healthcare More Human...Using AI | with Amanda Volner

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The End of Confusing Health Benefits | with Matt Scovil & Nathan Gilchrist

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Tuning Into The Frequency Of Excellence | with Scott Millson

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Fixing Healthcare's 528 Billion Dollar Mistake | with Chris Grilli

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Lessons In Healthcare And Life, with Todd Whitthorne

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How to Think Like an Underwriter (And Why It's a Game-Changer) | with Bobby Stuart

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Your Medical Bills Have Errors. Here's How Goodbill Fixes Them. (with Patrick Haig)

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This Pharmacy Went Cash-Only, Lost 70% Of Customers, & Doubled Profits | With Brad Hart

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Removing The Middlemen Is The Key To Lowering Healthcare Costs | with Josh Walker

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How High-Performance Health Networks Actually Work | with Blake Allison & Riley Dearing

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Mark Cuban's Healthcare Tweet, Healthcare Is America's Top Employer | Last Month In Healthcare

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How the World's #1 Chevy Dealer Structures Their Benefits

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The Empowering Employers Live Podcast, with Q&A!

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Healthcare Needs To Be Simpler | with David Silverstein

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Why Brokers Must Constantly Innovate | with Taylor Orton

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Functional Medicine 101 | with Erica Armstrong, MD

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Trump's "Most Favored Nation" Executive Order, with Shawn Ferguson | Last Month In Healthcare

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VālenzONE: A Deep Dive Into Optimized Healthcare | with Rob Gelb

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CGMs: GLP-1 Weight Loss At A Fraction Of The Cost | with Colin Rogers

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Continuing Marshall Allen's Legacy | with Sonja Allen

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US Healthcare Desperately Needs To Be A Free Market | with Dean Jargo

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The In-Home Healthcare Revolution | with Jory Zunich

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Helping Each Other Through Mental Health Struggles | with Sims Tillirson

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The Four Pillars of the Perfect LinkedIn Strategy | with Sims Tillirson

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UnitedHealth's Stock Crash, with Rob Gelb | Last Month In Healthcare

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A Fitness And Diet App For Employee Wellness | with Chris Burgess

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HR's Role In M&A: Due Diligence, Culture, and Integration | with Diane Dooley

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(Really) Small Business Health Insurance Benefits | with Christopher Cordon

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What The PBM Industry Should Focus On In 2025 | with Julie Wasserman

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Marty Makary's FDA, Operation Stork Speed, Healthcare Cybersecurity | Last Month In Healthcare

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Empowering Americans To Shop For Their Healthcare | with Kylie Everhart

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The Future of Healthcare Podcast - Live Show With Q&A!

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Simplifying Access To Healthcare | with Ryan Coplon

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MAHA, Steak 'n Shake, and AI Prescriptions | Last Month In Healthcare

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Building a Contagious Community | with Scott Smith