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Kaiser Family Foundation Releases Early Assessment of 2020 Medicare Advantage Plans
With more than 22 million people with Medicare (34%) enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans in 2019, the private plan alternative to the...
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You Have a Voice! Learn How You Can Use It to Help Shape Federal Policy
This month, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) released an issue brief explaining the importance of the public comment process,...
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CMS Proposes Hospital Transparency Rules
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced a proposal designed to increase hospital price transparency. Under the draft...
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CMS Medicaid Demonstrations Lack Transparency, GAO Finds
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week finding that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
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CMS Releases Early Look at Medicare Beneficiary Survey Data
This week, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an “early look” at the 2017 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey...
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Middle-Income Older Adults Face Insufficient Resources for Housing and Health Care
This week, Health Affairs released a report finding that, increasingly, middle-income seniors will have not enough money to cover the...
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Medicare Payments for Insulin Have Increased Dramatically, Report Finds
A recent Kaiser Family Foundation report highlights the dramatic increase in Medicare spending on insulin products from 2007 to 2017....
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Medicare Rights Raises Concerns with Drug Rebate Rule
This week, the Medicare Rights Center responded to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed rule that...
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Department of Justice States Support for Total Invalidation of the Affordable Care Act
This week, the Department of Justice surprised observers by filing a short letter with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals...
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Medicare Rights Comments on 2020 Draft Rate Notice and Call Letter
Each year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releases a draft rate notice and call letter, which outlines...
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