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Medicare Rights Joins 90 Organizations Urging Senate to Pass Drug Pricing Reforms
This week, over 90 advocacy and other organizations sent a letter to U.S. Senators, urging them to pass the drug...
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CMS Proposes to Prohibit Sexual Orientation and Gender Discrimination by Insurers
Last week, Medicare Rights submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) urging the agency to better...
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Advocacy Organizations Urge Better Medicare Coverage of COVID-19 Services
This week, Medicare Rights joined with Justice in Aging and 65 other advocacy groups in a letter to urge the...
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Continued Growth in Medicare Advantage Increases Urgency of Needed Reforms
Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment grew by an estimated 9% in 2022, according to an analysis by AXIOS news. This jump...
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Proposed Rule Might Reduce Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs for Some People with Medicare
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new proposed rule that would require Medicare Part...
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Report: Too Few Beneficiaries Receiving Needed Opioid Treatment Through Medicare
A recent report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) shows that many...
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Medicare Rights Recommends Options to Ease Access to Important Assistance Programs
Today, the Medicare Rights Center’s New York policy team released a brief that outlines ways to improve Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) in New York State....
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Biden Administration Moves to Repeal Damaging SUNSET Rule
Various branches of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), are...
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“Build Back Better” Bill Would Help Millions of People with Medicare Afford Medications
The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) recently released an issue brief detailing the prescription drug proposals in Build Back Better (BBB), the bill that...
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Analysis Shows Benefits for People with Medicare in the Current “Build Back Better” Bill
As the “Build Back Better” (BBB) budget reconciliation bill begins its journey through Congress, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) has...
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