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Kaiser Family Foundation Analyzes the Rate that People with Medicare Make Plan Changes
A new Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) issue brief analyzes when people with Medicare make changes to their Medicare Advantage and...
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Medicare Rights Offers Recommendations to Make Medicare Plan Finder More User Friendly
As Medicare Fall Open Enrollment approaches, the time of year from October 15 to December 7 when people with Medicare...
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CMS Announces Notice for People with Marketplace Coverage and Medicare
CMS recently released a new notice that people with Medicare and Marketplace coverage will receive. The notice informs these individuals...
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Health Care Transformation Task Force Releases Framework Addressing Consumer Priorities in Value-Based Care
While a significant movement is underway to transform the U.S. health care system to deliver person-centered and value-based care, these...
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CMS Announces Changes to the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model
CMS recently announced planned updates to the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model (VBID) that will be implemented in the...
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Kaiser Family Foundation Releases Facts on Medicare Spending and Financing
According to a new issue brief by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), the growth in total Medicare spending between 2010...
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CMS Projects Relatively Stable Part D Premiums in 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that the average basic premium for a Part D prescription...
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Medicare Rights Center Praises Consumer Protections Embedded in Part D Program to Prevent Prescription Drug Overuse
Among many measures in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2016, signed into law last week by President...
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Medicare Rights Brings Consumer Perspective to HHS Roundtable on Bundled Payments
This week, Joe Baker, president of the Medicare Rights Center, joined the honorable Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the U.S....
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Medicare Premium Support Explained in New Kaiser Family Foundation FAQ
A recent issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) answers important questions about a controversial Medicare savings proposal called...
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