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Nov 2, 2026AffordabilityThe economics of the U.S. health care system are broken
STAT
Aug 14, 2026PharmaOpinion: Your prescription drugs shouldn’t cost more than your mortgage. Inside the broken math that got us here.
MarketWatch
Aug 13, 2026AffordabilityAmericans want lower health care costs. This is how they’d get it.
USA Today
Jul 31, 2026Value-based careWhat successful payer-provider collaboration actually looks like, according to 12 health plan leaders
Becker’s Payer Issues
Jul 23, 2026NewsWho Broke the Healthcare System?
MedCity News
Jul 22, 2026NewsStaying in a job for the health insurance? About 1 in 4 Americans do, a survey says
NPR
Jul 8, 2026NewsA Checkup on the Nation’s Health Care Coverage
New York Times
Jun 14, 2026Affordability4 Ideas to Reduce Healthcare Costs
MedCity News
Jun 10, 2026Digital Health RecordsAHIP 2026: Why Ascendiun CEO Paul Markovich is bullish on building out a digital health record for patients
Fierce Healthcare
May 5, 2026Digital Health RecordsOpinion: Hospitals are still relying on fax machines and photocopies — and it’s costing you
MarketWatch
Apr 8, 2026podcastFrom Policy to Progress: Rethinking U.S. Health Care with Andy Slavitt
Worthy podcast
Mar 20, 2026press releaseCMS Rule Phases Out Fax Machines, Snail Mail to Save Taxpayers $781.98 Million a Year
CMS
Mar 3, 2026NewsWhy Ascendiun’s CEO is kicking off a healthcare reform movement
Becker’s Payer Issues
Mar 2, 2026NewsInsurance Exec: ‘We Are All To Blame’ For Failure Of US Health System
Forbes
Feb 18, 2026Affordability‘This is our new normal’: Why this payer CEO says the industry should get used to fewer resources
Becker’s Payer Issues
Feb 12, 2026AffordabilityTransforming Healthcare Affordability at Ascendiun with Paul Markovich
Becker’s Payer Issues Podcast
Jan 22, 2026NewsFrustration over U.S. health costs erupts at congressional hearing
Washington post
Jan 22, 2026NewsAscendiun CEO Paul Markovich: House hearings highlight need for 'systemic' change in healthcare
Fierce Healthcare
Jan 22, 2026Prior AuthHealth Insurance CEO Pulls Back Curtain on Prior Auth Reform
Newsweek
Dec 15, 2025News66% of Americans support government ensuring health coverage: Pew
Becker’s Payer Issues
Oct 8, 2025NewsThe Uninsured Population and Health Coverage
KFF
Oct 6, 2025PharmaA new bill would make drug pricing more fair for Californians
The Sacramento Bee
Sep 25, 2025Affordability Lawmakers Face Public Health Questions as Americans Face High Costs
Bloomberg
JUN 30, 2025Pharma / DigitalPaul Markovich on new builds, breakups, and bold healthcare bets
Radio Advisory – Episode 257
Dec 11, 2024Digital Health RecordsThe Big Squeeze with Paul Markovich
The Other 80
Nov 13, 2024podcastTransforming Healthcare with Digital Solutions – Insights from Blue Shield’s Paul Markovich
HLTH
Nov 10, 2024PharmaA Free Drug Experiment Bypasses the US Health System’s Secret Fees
Bloomberg
Oct 22, 2024Prior AuthBlue Shield of California partners with Salesforce to automate prior authorization
Healthcare Dive
Oct 2, 2024PharmaDisrupt healthcare policy by rewarding providers to keep patients healthy
San Fransico Business Times
Jun 21, 2024PharmaThe Opaque Industry Secretly Inflating Prices for Prescription Drugs
New York Times
Apr 23, 2024Pharma / PBMHow Blue Shield of California Ripped Up the PBM Playbook
Healthcare Rap – Episode 320
Oct 13, 2023Healthcare costHouston, We Have A Massive Healthcare Cost Problem
Forbes
Aug 17, 2023Pharma / PBMA Big Health Insurer is Ripping Up the Playbook on Drug Pricing
Wall Street Journal
Aug 17, 2023Pharma/PBMBlue Shield of California taps Amazon, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs for its pharmacy network
CNBC
PharmaBlue Shield Of California Push For Cheaper Biosimilars Could Disrupt Market
Forbes
NewsAscendiun CEO Paul Markovich wants the industry to back a policy reform movement focused on affordability, tech innovation
Fierce Healthcare
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