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Dan Hounchell

Dan Hounchell

VP Product Strategy & Management at UCare; healthcare executive specializing in health plan products and government programs (Medicaid, Medicare, DSNP, ACA, SNBC).

Jun 26, 2026

1:32
Mm-hmm.
1:33
And whether it's Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, et cetera, uh, Medicaid in particular, from a, uh, rates that were set by the state have been challenging and really, um, disadvantaged organizations, I think, like UCare.
1:48
But that being said, um, you know, uh, like a lot of regional plans, they also...
1:54
UCare was looking to diversify and not just be tied to one state or one region, but expand elsewhere.
2:00
And there is a lot of resources, time, and sophistication that's needed to expand into other states, whether it's Medicaid or other lines of business.
2:11
And that's really hard for, um, regional plans to kind of scale up and be able to do that efficiently.
2:20
Um, a- as well as just overall managing a book of business, um, during what the industry has seen on the health insurance side of really high volume, um, high cost of care, um, uh, a lot of things coming out of, um, the pandemic and, you know, emerging trends and skyrocketing MLRs, et cetera.
5:54
Mm-hmm.

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