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CMS Proposed Rule for Plan Flexibility Risks Consumer Confusion
This week, Medicare Rights Center submitted comments in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule...
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CMS Moves Forward with Plan to Increase Oversight of MA Plan Networks
This week, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
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House Tax Plan Would Significantly Impact Older Adults and People with Disabilities
The House Republican tax plan is currently being debated by the Ways and Means Committee, and several of the provisions...
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Medicare Rights Comments on HHS Draft Strategic Plan
Last week, the Medicare Rights Center (Medicare Rights) submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on...
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Medicare Rights Urges CMS to Keep Ombudsman Program for Cancelled Demonstration Project
In December, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a demonstration program that will test new ways for...
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Kaiser Family Foundation Evaluates Medicare Advantage Plan Networks
This week, the Kaiser Family foundation released a study that examines the size and composition of physician networks in Medicare...
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The BENES Act Receives Bipartisan Support in the Senate
Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Todd Young (R-IN) recently reintroduced the bipartisan Beneficiary Enrollment Notice and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) Act...
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Graham-Cassidy Bill Undercuts Access to Affordable Coverage and Care
Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Lindsay Graham (R-SC), along with co-sponsors Dean Heller (R-NV) and Ron Johnson (R-WI), released a...
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Congress Returns, Putting Health Care Back in the Spotlight
Members of Congress are returning to Washington, DC as the summer recess winds down, putting health care policy issues back...
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New CBO Score Finds That Ending Payments to Insurance Companies to Help Low-Income Marketplace Enrollees would Increase the National Deficit
This week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis that found that ending payments to insurance companies to assist...
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