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Nobody Judges Their Own Case. Except Here.

Sep 2, 2026

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5 min read

Nobody Judges Their Own Case. Except Here.

An insurer can own the company that reviews its own denials and keep the money when the answer comes back no. A former FTC policy director wrote the fix after her father died waiting for one.

Matt Toresco

North Carolina Answered the Question the Industry Stopped Asking

Aug 26, 2026

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4 min read

North Carolina Answered the Question the Industry Stopped Asking

Medicaid bought groceries, paid rent, and covered bus fare. The state came out $164 per person per month ahead. The evidence has sat in public since June and most of the industry still has not read it.

Matt Toresco

Structure Is the Disease: Why Advocacy Coordination Beats Another Breakthrough

Aug 18, 2026

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4 min read

Structure Is the Disease: Why Advocacy Coordination Beats Another Breakthrough

Metastatic breast cancer has exposed a brutal truth. Science can move while disconnected systems keep patients waiting.

Matt Toresco

Aug 12, 2026

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5 min read

The Machinery Behind Your Bill

This month the hidden plumbing of American healthcare came into full view, and patients pay for a fight they never agreed to join.

Matt Toresco

When the Insurer Owns the Doctor, Who Owns the Patient

Aug 5, 2026

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6 min read

When the Insurer Owns the Doctor, Who Owns the Patient

How Vertical Integration Lets Healthcare Giants Pay Themselves, Silence Advocacy, and Strip Patients of Leverage

Matt Toresco

Eleven of Twelve Sites Failed. Nobody Asked the Patients.

Jul 29, 2026

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4 min read

Eleven of Twelve Sites Failed. Nobody Asked the Patients.

How one overlooked patient fear stalled a Phase 2b trial and exposed the high cost of treating patient advocacy as an afterthought.

Matt Toresco

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Maximizing Your Impact In Patient Advocacy

Keep up with all of the key issues and events impacting patient advocacy organizations and the patients they represent!

READ OUR LATEST BLOG POSTS

Nobody Judges Their Own Case. Except Here.

North Carolina Answered the Question the Industry Stopped Asking

Structure Is the Disease: Why Advocacy Coordination Beats Another Breakthrough

The Machinery Behind Your Bill

When the Insurer Owns the Doctor, Who Owns the Patient

Eleven of Twelve Sites Failed. Nobody Asked the Patients.

CHECK OUT MATT’S LATEST VIDEOS ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE & CHECK OUT MATT’S TEDx CHARLESTON VIDEO BELOW!

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