The year 2026 will be a year of tumult in American healthcare. Getty Images

As the December kicks off, the cloudy mist surrounding my crystal ball is beginning to clear. The year 2026 is near on the horizon and turbulence and fear is foretold for the US healthcare industry.

This momentous year will be nothing, if not, dramatic.

There will be winners and losers.

Loud villains, quiet heroes, and villains masquerading as heroes.

And underlying it all, a spirit of revolution and change.

Growing public discontent with rising costs and poor patient experience will fuel legislative activity—most of which won’t result in much change.

Clinicians—frustrated by commoditization—will strike back with intentionality.

Artificial intelligence will boom, but it will also bust.

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