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Access to Cost-Saving Programs
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- Medicare Watch New Model Policies Seek to Simplify Medicare Savings Program Access
- Medicare Watch Study Finds MSP Asset Tests Create Bureaucratic Costs Without Program Savings
- Medicare Watch President’s Budget Request Targets Vital Programs
- Medicare Watch Medicare Rights Urges Beneficiary-Centered Medicare Enrollment Reforms
- The New York Times Millions of Poor Retirees Have Lost an Easier Path to Help With Medicare (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare Watch Growing Economic Challenges for People with Medicare
- Medicare Watch CBO Report on Distributional Effects of the Budget Act Finds Richest Gain and Poorest Face Cuts
- Medicare Watch Medicare Rights Experts Highlight the Value and Impact of Medicare Savings Programs
- Positions and Publications Medicare Savings Programs: A Lifeline for Millions
- Medicare Watch Medicare and Medicaid: 60 Years of Health Care Reform
- Press Release Senate Republicans Choose to Terminate Health Coverage, Food Assistance for Millions, Including Older Adults and People With Disabilities
- Medicare Watch Senate Reconciliation Bill Would Increase Financial Hardships for Medicare Enrollees
- Press Release Senate Budget Blueprint Goes Further Than House in Slashing Essential Programs for Older Adults, Families, and People with Disabilities
- Medicare Watch A Whirlwind of Damage from Republican Budget: Increased Costs for All, Hospitals and Lives at Risk
- Medicare Watch Official House Bill Analysis Confirms Devastating Coverage Losses
- Medicare Watch House Republican Reconciliation Bill Targets People with Medicare
- Medicare Watch House Passes Bill That Would Devastate Health Coverage for Millions in Medicaid and Medicare
- Medicare Watch Broken Promises: Republicans’ Budget Reconciliation Bill Would Cut Medicare
- Medicare Watch House Republicans Move Forward with Plans to Cut Medicaid and Food Stamps, Reducing Coverage for Millions
- Press Release House Republicans Unveil Proposals That Threaten Vital Health Care for Millions of Americans
- Medicare Watch CBO Analysis Shows Medicaid Cuts Would Terminate Coverage for Millions, Including People with Medicare
- Medicare Watch “Skinny” Budget Shows President’s Worrying Health Policy Priorities
- Medicare Watch Trump Administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE Closing Social Security Offices, Harming Access to Services
- Medicare Watch URGENT: Protect Medicaid for Millions of People with Medicare
- Positions and Publications Medicare & Medicaid in New York
- AARP Foundation In New York City, Helping Older Adults Afford Health Care Takes Knowing the Ropes (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare Watch Medicare Rights Helpline Trends Report Highlights Beneficiary Challenges and Opportunities for Reform
- Press Release Medicare Rights Center Highlights Top Challenges for Medicare Beneficiaries in 2023 Trends Report
- Positions and Publications Medicare Trends and Recommendations
- Medicare Watch 2025: A Year of Old Threats and New Opportunities
- Medicare Watch New Legislation Will Improve Medicare Access and Affordability for Low-Income New Yorkers
- Press Release Medicare Rights Applauds Governor Hochul and New York State Legislature for Prioritizing Health Care Affordability and Streamlining Enrollment in the Medicare Savings Program
- Medicare Watch Medicare Rights Urges Congress to Strengthen Medicare and Medicaid in Year-End Legislation
- Medicare Watch Tell Congress to Fund Medicare Outreach and Enrollment Activities That Help Low-Income Beneficiaries
- Medicare Watch Some People Losing “Deemed” Status for the Low-Income Subsidy Remain Eligible for Assistance
- The Office of Governor Kathy Hochul Governor Hochul Announces Nearly 1 Million New Yorkers Enrolled in Program to Help Older Adults Save More Than $7,000 Per Year in Health Care Costs (opens in a new tab)
- Press Release Medicare Rights Center Launches Comprehensive Case Study Resource to Highlight Key Issues with Benefits Access and Coordination for Dually Eligible Individuals
- Policy Series Challenges Faced by Dual Eligibles
- Positions and Publications Medicare Savings Program Enrollment
- Positions and Publications Medicare Savings Program Recertification
- Positions and Publications Medicaid Renewal
- Positions and Publications Medicare-Medicaid Integration
- Medicare Watch On the Anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act: Significant Part D Changes Already in Action, More to Come
- Medicare Watch As Medicare Turns 59, We Celebrate the Program’s Successes and Its Future
- KFF Health News Lack of Affordability Tops Older Americans’ List of Health Care Worries (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare Watch Updated Medicare Savings Program Application May Ease Access to Assistance
- Comments Comments on the Medicare Savings Program Application Redesign
- Medicare Watch Important Final Rule Streamlines Enrollment Into Medicaid
- Medicare Watch Action Still Needed to Protect Critical Medicare Outreach!
- The New York Times If You’re on Medicare, You Could Save Money on Drugs This Year (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare Watch Advocacy Alert! Tell Congress to Prioritize Medicare Low-Income Outreach and Enrollment Funding
- Medicare Watch Tell Congress to Prioritize People with Medicare in 2024
- Medicare Watch Tell Congress Not to Drop Critical Medicare Outreach Funding and Authorization
- Medicare Watch Medicare Rights’ Helpline Trends Report Shows Increasing Need for Help Affording Care
- Report 2022 Medicare Trends and Recommendations
- Medicare Watch Important Final Rule Streamlines Enrollment Into Medicare Savings Programs
- Medicare Watch Medicare Savings Program Expansion in New York: New Report Highlights Lessons Learned and Other Needed Improvements
- Medicare Watch Medicare Rights Seeks to Boost Automatic Enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs
- Times Union Advocates Say an Aging New York Needs More State Investment (opens in a new tab)
- Positions and Publications Improving the Effectiveness of Extra Help for Prescription Drugs
- Positions and Publications Improving Access to Extra Help for Prescription Drugs
- Positions and Publications Improving Medicare Savings Programs
- AARP New York NY’s $4.4 Billion Question: Why Are State & Its Neediest Missing Out on Major Federal Assistance? (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare Watch New Report Spotlights Underuse of Medicare Savings Programs
- Medicare Watch The Time is Now for Medicare Savings Program Enrollment Improvements
- Press Release New York Medicare Savings Program Eligibility Expansion Now in Effect
- NBC New York Medicare Savings Program for 2023 (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare Watch Medicare in 2022: The Year in Review
- Medicare Watch Aging Organizations Identify Priorities for the Current Lame Duck Session in Letter to Congressional Leadership
- Medicare Watch New Issue Brief Explores Proposed Rule’s Potential to Stabilize Medicare Savings Program and Medicaid Coverage
- Medicare Watch Medicare Rights Supports Efforts to Improve Medicaid and MSP Enrollment and Retention
- Comments Comments on Streamlining Medicaid & MSP Applications Proposed Rule
- Coverage Governor Hochul Announces Expanded Assistance for Income-Eligible Medicare Beneficiaries (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare Watch Assistance Programs Go Unused Despite Need
- Medicare Watch CMS Proposes Rule to Streamline Medicaid and CHIP Processes
- Press Release Medicare Rights Urges Swift Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
- Medicare Watch As Congress Looks to Address Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability, Now Is the Time to Make Your Voice Heard
- Medicare Watch Senate Democrats Release Updated Prescription Drug Pricing Bill
- Medicare Watch Medicare Rights Trends Report Shows Part D Enrollees Continue to Struggle with Costs and Other Barriers to Care
- Letters Joint Letter on Medicare Enrollment and the PHE Unwinding
- Medicare Watch KFF Report Highlights State Differences in Access to Medicare’s Low-Income Programs
- Medicare Watch New York Passes Landmark Budget to Help Residents Access and Afford the Care they Need
- Medicare Watch Medicare Rights Recommends Options to Ease Access to Important Assistance Programs
- Positions and Publications Medicare Savings Programs in New York State: <br/>Policy Recommendations from the Medicare Rights Center
- Medicare Watch Tell Your Members of Congress to Advance Critical Medicare and Medicaid Reforms
- Inside Medicare Rights Online Screening Helps New Yorkers Access Cost Saving Benefits
- Inside Medicare Rights Medicare Rights Advocates for Key Health Care Reforms in Congressional Budget Bill
- Medicare Watch Medicare Rights Urges Congress to Prioritize Critical Medicare Updates
- Letters Joint Letter on Medicare Improvements
- Medicare Watch Tell Congress to Strengthen Medicare
- Statements & Testimony Statement for the Record “Negotiating a Better Deal: Legislation to Lower the Cost of Prescription Drugs”
- Medicare Watch New Research Highlights Supplemental Coverage “Cliff” For Some with Medicare
- Positions and Publications Improving Medicare Assistance Programs: Easing Access to LIS
- Positions and Publications Reduce Barriers to Care
- Positions and Publications Summary of Policy Recommendations for the Biden Administration
- Positions and Publications Improving Medicare Assistance Programs: Making LIS More Effective
- Letters Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) Letter of Support
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