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Trump Administration Decides Against Controversial Changes to Medicare Drug Program
Last week, the Trump administration decided to shelve a proposed rule that sought to change the way Medicare prescription drug...
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Court Blocks Drug Ad Pricing Requirement
A rule from the Trump administration that sought to require prescription drug manufacturers to include pricing information in their television...
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Less Than One Third of People New to Medicare Choose Medicare Advantage
The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released new findings about what coverage new Medicare enrollees choose. This information is important for...
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Spending and Prescribing Patterns Across Medicare, Medicaid, and Large Employer Drug Coverage
Drug prices have been in the news lately, and a timely analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation gives valuable insight...
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Coming Soon to a TV Near You: Drug Prices
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that oversees the Medicare and Medicaid programs, have put a...
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CMS Maintains Important Changes in Draft 2020 Medicare & You Handbook
Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that oversees the Medicare program, released a...
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New Models May Tweak how Medicare Works, but Beneficiaries Must Remain the Priority
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that oversees the Medicare program, released information about eight new...
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Consumers Confused by Short-Term Plans, Which Lack Needed ACA Protections
This week, the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms highlighted an important new study about short-term...
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Once Again, Medicaid Work Requirements are Found Impermissible
Yesterday, a federal judge blocked efforts by two states to impose onerous paperwork and employment requirements on Medicaid recipients as...
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Electronic Health Records Can Be Useful for Patients, but Concerns Remain
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) allow providers and hospitals to input information about a patient’s health, diagnoses, and treatments into a...
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