January 2026

Top AI stories of the past month ()
Economy: 'No Kings' in healthcare | PA 'Medicare for All' | Kaiser strikes | Missouri vs PBMs | Rural uptime challenges ()
Democrats winning on healthcare | Serial fake nurse gets 75 months | Russia's AI standard | Patient-doc Las Vegas marriage ()
Anaesthesiologist charged in ‘music bingo’ death | Generative AI pilot failures | Express Scripts, FTC seeking settlement ()
Business News: Senate report on UnitedHealth | Walmart returns | New PE laws | Epic lawsuit | Texas vs PBMs | $5B Cencora deal ()
15 drugs named in Medicare price negotiations | Healthcare at center of record-breaking $6.8B fraud year | Outspoken nurses ()
Nurses United hosts demonstrations for Peretti | Condi Rice on AI as ‘hinge’ moment | Nonprofit sued over Cerner hack ()
Weekly Update: Penn. proposes ‘Medicare for All’ | Kaiser strike | UnitedHealth to return ACA profits | U.S. and Israel AI ()
Hierarchy vs. accountability | Pediatrics society sued | Medical debt mauler | more ()
12 convictions in $11M Amtrak fraud | Amazon, Walmart AI ecosystems | TriZetto breach | Update on Central Maine cyberattack ()
UnitedHealth to refund ACA profits | RFK vaccine lawsuits | Nursing unit awarded | Cyberattack at Maine hospital impacts 145K ()
Policy: Cash for care | Medicare ‘improper payment’ rates | PBMs sued | CDC workers reinstated | Food pyramid revealed ()
AI: Platform vs. Patchwork | $41 wrongful termination lawsuit | Pennsylvania Medicare for All | $6M Medicaid fraud settlement ()
Virus watch | Healthcare affordability in focus | 31K to strike at Kaiser | CMS releases ‘improper payment’ data for 2025 ()
Legal News: Epic sues data brokers | Pam Bondi and the UnitedHealth lobby | Record-setting $556M settlement | New PE laws ()
Missouri sues PBMs over insulin price | FDA recall after 167 injuries, 3 deaths | U.S. and Israel partner for AI | more ()
Weekly Update: Walmart Health returns? | Kaiser's record-setting $556M settlement | Healthcare AI slop | Trump healthcare plan ()
Trump’s ‘Great Healthcare Plan’ | UnitedHealth’s rural Medicare Advantage pilot | Kaiser settles fraud case for $556M ()
Humans clean up healthcare AI slop | Fired CDC workers reinstated | Rural hospital uptime challenges | more ()
ACA enrollment on the skids | Epic, providers sue data companies over medical records | IVF moms | Killer surgeon ()
Study: Care remains cheaper with cash | Claude vs. ChatGPT | DIY with AI | Senate report on UnitedHealth’s MA business ()
Healthcare’s employment anomaly | ACA tax credits pass House | FDA recall on organ transplant kits | Walmart Health returns? ()
Weekly Update: New private equity laws | Next food pyramid | ‘Pill mill’ doc charged | Mangione v. Bondi | PBMs sued ()
‘AI avalanche’ descends on surgery | Nonprofit health system sues PBMs | ‘Pill mill’ doctor charged | HIV drugs from Turkey ()
Exclusive: Healthcare attorney breaks down new private equity rules ()
FDA relaxes regulations on AI-powered consumer wearables | New food pyramid revealed | Mangione defense seeks Bondi’s recusal ()
ChatGPT is America’s doctor | FDA recall on IV extensions | $3.3M to family of woman wrongly declared deceased | New PE laws ()
Interview: Lawyer details new PE regulations | RFK vs vaccines? | FDA recall on surgical kits due to seal defect ()
Top 10 most popular video interviews this past month ()
One last look: Top 10 AI stories of 2025 ()
2025 Recap: Patient lawsuits | ‘Gender’ ban | Defining ‘doctor’ | Physician pay | UnitedHealth RPM coverage | States sue CVS ()