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Important Final Rule Streamlines Enrollment Into Medicare Savings Programs
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a long-awaited rule that will make it easier for...
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New Survey Highlights Overwhelming, Confusing, and Misleading Medicare Plan Marketing
A new survey from the Commonwealth Fund examines beneficiary experiences with marketing outreach from private Medicare Advantage (MA), Medigap, and...
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Three Proposed Rules Would Improve Equity, Comprehensive Coverage, and Access to Care
This week, Medicare Rights submitted comments on three proposed rules. One would improve access to needed services. A second would...
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CMS Announces First 10 Drugs Subject to Price Negotiation
On Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the first 10 Medicare Part D drugs that will...
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New Studies on Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Care Highlight the Need for Parity in Medicare
This article was written in coordination with the Center for Medicare Advocacy and the Legal Action Center. As our country...
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Inflation Reduction Act and Affordable Care Act Working Together to Lower Health Care Costs
In advance of this week’s one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the Biden-Harris administration released a set of...
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Rising Drug Prices Demonstrate Need for Inflation Reduction Act’s Changes
This week marked the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), landmark legislation that allows Medicare...
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Public Supports More Drug Price Regulation, Unaware of Inflation Reduction Act Provisions
As we near the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), recent public polling by KFF shows that many...
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Medicare Advantage 101: The Rise of Quality Bonuses
Medicare Rights recently released Medicare Advantage 101, a series of explainers and videos covering the rise and potential downfalls of...
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More Older Adults Fill Insulin Prescriptions Under Inflation Reduction Act
As more features of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are implemented, more people with Medicare are seeing the benefits of...
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