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Health systems nationwide are pushing to increase efficiency ahead of federal funding cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. One health system is pretending the cuts have already begun in order to give urgency to its efforts.

Also, this week’s Weird Number: $84 billion. That's the amount of higher spending Medicare is spending on enrollees in Medicare Advantage, compared to what it would have spent if they stayed in traditional Medicare.

One More Thing: Employers mistakenly think their workers can afford their health insurance coverage, new polling found.

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