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Podcast: This Week in Managed Care—Work Requirements for Benefits and Other Health News

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

This week, the top managed care stories included President Donald Trump signing an executive order requiring the poor to get jobs or lose food and healthcare benefits; a CMS report found ethnic, racial, and gender disparities in Medicare Advantage plans; CDC highlighted the impact of HIV on America's youth.

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What We're Reading: Trump Signs Executive Order; VA Staffing Crisis; Texas Hospital Firm Draws Scrutiny

CMS Creates New ACA Penalty Mandate Exemptions, Including Opposition to Abortion

CMS Report Details Extent of Medicare Advantage Racial, Gender Disparities

Sanofi to Start Offering Discounts on Two Insulin Products

National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Highlighting the Impact of Disease on the Age Group

With the Oncology Care Model, "Everyone Has to Be Engaged," Including Patients

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