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Health Care Legislation Cropping Up in Unexpected Places
This week, several health care programs appeared in legislation that does not normally address health care. Two of the surprise...
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Millions Lose Coverage as Affordable Care Act Changes Take Effect
This week, the Commonwealth Fund’s Affordable Care Act Tracking Survey showed recent coverage declines among 19-to-64-year-olds. The survey’s focus is...
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Improving Medicare Plan Finder Should be a Priority
This week, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and the Council for Affordable Health Coverage’s Clear Choices Campaign released a...
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Lawsuit Alleges Kentucky Medicaid Work Requirement Breaks Federal Law
On January 11, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance announcing a new policy that, for...
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Medicare Rights Continues to Review New Medicare Rules and Guidance
Over the past few months, the Medicare Rights Center has been actively engaged in considering and commenting on proposals from...
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Providers Are Key to Controlling Unnecessary Health Care Spending
Health care in the United States is very expensive, and many experts believe one thing contributing to that expense is...
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People with Medicare Burdened with Higher Health Care Spending
The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released a report with new data on how much people with Medicare paid for health...
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The Numbers Are In: Undermining the ACA Will Hurt Health Coverage and Increase Costs
Last week, Medicare Rights explored some of the looming risks to health coverage and affordability created by recent administrative efforts...
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The Time has Come for Medicare Dental Benefits
This week, economist Austin Frakt outlined the economic and health impacts associated with Medicaid’s lack of dental coverage for adults...
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Hiking Medicare Costs for Some Undercuts the Medicare Promise
Congress is trying to pass a new budget this week that includes many important Medicare provisions. One of these provisions...
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