Health Care Heartaches: Your Winning Health Policy Valentines By KFF Health News Staff Illustration by Oona Zenda February 13, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/health-care-heartaches-your-winning-health-policy-valentines/ KFF Health News: Health Care Heartaches: Your Winning Health Policy Valentines Health policy has never looked so flirtatious. Every year, our readers send us valentines that make us swoon, laugh, and occasionally clutch our insurance cards. And in 2026, you did not hold back. You wrote about overcharging, rising insurance, AI in health care, and more. Here are some of our favorites, starting with the poem that stole our hearts like a $0 billing balance — and then was turned into a cartoon by KFF Health News staff illustrator Oona Zenda. (2/13) **Please note: At the time of First Edition's publication, the winning haiku had the incorrect author's name. The correct name is Andrew Carleen. We regret the error; check back later this morning for the corrected version.