{
  "id": 12145836,
  "title": "As Insurers Pare Medicare Advantage Footprint, Plans Seek Margin Boost",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/as-insurers-pare-medicare-advantage-footprint-plans-seek-margin-boost",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-05T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Forbes",
    "slug": "forbes",
    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2026/10/05/as-insurers-pare-medicare-advantage-footprint-plans-seek-margin-boost/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Decisions by health insurers to trim the size of their geographic footprints is a way to boost bottom lines as reimbursement flattens and cost of care increases.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}