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Trump Administration Expands “Short-Term” Health Plans, Jeopardizing Coverage for Millions
This week, the Trump Administration issued a final rule expanding the availability of “short-term” health plans that do not have...
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CMS Invites Additional Comments on Contested Medicaid Work Requirements
After a Federal Judge invalidated the previously approved plan by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) to require very...
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Trump Administration Drug Pricing Proposals May Actually Raise Out-of-Pocket Costs for People with Medicare
Last week, the Medicare Rights Center submitted comments on a Request for Information (RFI) from the Department of Health and...
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Medicare: Strong and Built to Last
To launch our new series, we begin with “Medicare: Strong and Built to Last.” This fact sheet gives some basic...
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Medicare Rights Center Offers Beneficiary Perspective on Proposed Changes to Medicare Part D
Today, Joe Baker, president of the Medicare Rights Center, participated in a Capitol Hill briefing on Tackling Prescription Drug Prices:...
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Report Examines How Medigap Rules and Enrollment Vary Widely by State
This week, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released an issue brief analyzing the availability of, and enrollment in Medigaps across...
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Federal Court Decision Blocks Medicaid Work Requirement in Kentucky
In January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a Medicaid waiver in Kentucky that would allow the...
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Kaiser Family Foundation Places Medicare Spending Trends in Historical Context
This week, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a new issue brief on Medicare spending. The brief analyzes the most recent...
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As Federal Deficits Increase, so Do Threats to Medicare
Last week, the Medicare Rights Center explained how the House majority’s budget plan for 2019 would fundamentally restructure Medicare and...
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New ACA Repeal Framework Resurrects Damaging Ideas from 2017
This week, the Health Policy Consensus Group—a consortium of think tanks and former and current lawmakers—put forward a new plan...
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