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Medicare Trustees Release Their 2021 Report
The Medicare Trustees recently issued their long-awaited 2021 report, finding the program’s financial status largely unchanged by the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Why People with Medicare Need Access to More Universal Benefits
As Congress works toward a potential deal that might expand access to benefits within Medicare, it is important to step...
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Medicare Advantage Spending Continues to Outpace Original Medicare
The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released a new issue brief showing how growth in Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment and overpayment...
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Budget Resolution Process Provides Historic Opportunity to Improve Medicare and Medicaid
On Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives briefly returned from summer recess to approve the Senate-passed budget resolution. Committees in...
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Biden Administration Announces Additional Steps to Fight COVID-19
This week, the Biden administration unveiled plans to offer booster doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, pending...
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Biden Administration Calls on Congress to Address High Prescription Drug Prices
President Biden recently outlined his vision for improving prescription drug affordability. His plan calls on Congress to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, impose...
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Senate Lays Groundwork for Legislation That Includes Major Health Care Improvements
This week, Senate Democrats passed their $3.5 trillion budget resolution, laying the groundwork for legislation that is expected to include...
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Report Highlights Impact of Medicare’s Dental Exclusion, Particularly on Beneficiaries of Color
The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) recently released a report examining Medicare beneficiary access to dental care, including the share of Medicare beneficiaries...
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Medicare Advantage Disenrollment in Final Year of Life Continues Troubling Pattern
Late last month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a watchdog agency in the legislative branch, released a report showing that...
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New Study Connects Medicare with Reductions in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Insurance Coverage
Medicare is associated with significant reductions in “racial and ethnic disparities in insurance coverage, access to care, and self-reported health,”...
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