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Estimates Show the American Health Care Act Would Drastically Increase Part B Premiums
New estimates from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), reported by the Ranking Members of the U.S. Senate...
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What’s at Stake: Two New Yorkers Explain Why They’re Urging a “No” Vote on the American Health Care Act
This week, Kim and Anita of New York wrote a letter to their representative in Congress urging a “no” vote...
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March 16 National Call-In Day: Tell Congress to Protect Our Care
Congressional leaders are rushing to enact a plan that would rip health coverage away from 24 million Americans, impose an...
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Older Adults Among Those Hardest Hit by the American Health Care Act
Earlier this week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its highly anticipated analysis of the American Health Care Act (AHCA)...
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How the American Health Care Act Affects Medicare
This week, two prominent policy organizations published articles on how the American Health Care Act (AHCA)—the Republican bill put forward...
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Medicare Rights Tells Congress: We Cannot Support the American Health Care Act
Earlier this week, Congressional Republicans unveiled their plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as the American Health...
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Relief Opportunity Announced for Marketplace Enrollees Who Need Medicare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced a time-limited opportunity allowing Medicare-eligible people who were or are...
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Medicare Rights Comments on Proposed Changes to MA and Part D in 2018
This week, the Medicare Rights Center (Medicare Rights) submitted comments in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
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Positive Effects of Medicaid Expansion under the Affordable Care Act
Last week, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released an issue brief on the effects Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care...
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Persistent Challenges for People with Medicare Identified in New Medicare Rights Center Report
Today, the Medicare Rights Center released its annual helpline trends report, which outlines persistent challenges facing people with Medicare heard...
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