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The first U.S. inflation report of the year is landing later this morning. At stake is how much it will nudge the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates.

Our national, regional and Local Reporting Network teams’ coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court, sexual assault, house flippers and the health insurance system were among the stories that ProPublica readers spent the most time with in 2023.

Even without covid dominating the headlines, 2023 was a busy year for health policy.

2023 was another busy year in health care. As the covid-19 pandemic waned, policymakers looked anew at long-standing obstacles to obtaining and paying for care in the nation’s health care system. Meanwhile, abortion has continued to be an issue in much of the nation, as states respond to the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning the constitutional right to the procedure. This week, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issue...

As health care payers increasingly rely on artificial intelligence to speed up patient claim adjudication and prior-authorization determinations, providers should be on the lookout for algorithms...