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The Facts on Medicare Spending and Financing
Medicare guarantees access to health care for 57 million older adults and people with disabilities, including hospital and physician care...
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One-on-One Medicare Counseling Program Safe in the Senate
This week, future funding for State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs) is once again at stake. SHIPs provide unique one-on-one,...
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Medicare Rights Highlights Ways to Eliminate Red Tape in the Medicare Program
This week, Medicare Rights Center submitted comments on ways to eliminate red tape and bureaucracy in the Medicare program that...
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New Poll Shows a Majority of Americans Think It Is a “Good Thing” the Senate ACA Repeal Bill Failed
In the aftermath of the Senate’s failure to pass major health care legislation and repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA),...
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New Brief Compares Medicare Advantage and Marketplace Plan Offerings in Areas with Limited Availability
This week, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released a new issue brief examining a recent hot topic—areas with few or...
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The Latest on the Health Care Repeal Bill from the Senate Floor
It’s been an eventful couple of weeks when it comes to Congress’s efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA)....
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The Better Care Reconciliation Act Is No Better Than Before
After failing to bring their health care overhaul bill to a vote last month, leadership in theUS Senate released an...
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Vote on Senate Health Care Overhaul Delayed Until After 4th of July Recess
Last week, Senate leadership released the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). Drafted in secret by a panel of...
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Issue Brief Outlines Medicare Risks of Medicaid Caps
The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) recently released an issue brief exploring how recent proposals to change Medicaid financing...
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U.S. Senate Picks up Pace with Efforts to Repeal the Affordable Care Act
Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed—by a very narrow margin—the American Health Care Act (AHCA) (H.R.1628) a partial...
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