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The Trump administration’s final Medicare Advantage rate update landed “better than feared,” giving MA plans some revenue relief for 2027, but the market signal remains mixed: Humana is warning rates still will not keep pace with medical-cost trend, while managed care leaders are recalibrating bids, benefits, and VBC contracting assumptions around the new CMS payment baseline (MA payment update). At the same time, DOJ scrutiny
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