Across
- 3. The program that never leaves the headlines
- 5. Health law still keeping insurers on their toes
- 9. Policy tying healthcare to employment status
- 10. Expanding its reach like a healthcare octopus
- 12. Budget gap making states sweat
- 14. Program getting a digital overhaul alongside Medicaid
- 16. Fancy term for “systems that actually talk to each other”
- 19. Healthcare’s undead technology CMS is trying to eliminate
- 20. Trade weapon now aimed at drug prices
Down
- 1. Government’s way of saying “let’s check the receipts”
- 2. Insurance giant doing a North Carolina remix
- 3. Corporate “let’s combine and hope it works” strategy
- 4. Friendly robot companion entering Medicaid billing
- 6. The rulemaker attempting a digital glow-up
- 7. The recurring villain in this entire puzzle
- 8. What some 2027 plans might ghost entirely
- 11. Weight-loss drugs causing budget headaches and debates
- 13. Medicaid middleman managing care (and controversy)
- 15. Big-name payer reshuffling Medicaid leadership
- 17. Industry under fire for pricing—and worse
- 18. Buzzword powering everything from robots to care plans