News, analysis, and updates about Medicare policy, rights, and the work of the Medicare Rights Center.
Over the past week, Medicare Rights has submitted comments in response to two proposed rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)…
This week, the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees met to review bills that aim to reduce coverage restrictions and costs for select services for certain Medicare…
On July 4, President Trump signed the damaging Republican budget reconciliation bill into law. But that does not mean each provision takes effect immediately. Instead, implementation stretches across many years,…
Medicare Advantage (MA) overpayment allows plans to funnel more money into supplemental benefits, appealing to enrollees who want or need the additional coverage. Some of these benefits, like dental, hearing,…
Yesterday, Senate Republicans released a budget resolution that sets the stage for significant program cuts. The House and Senate are still negotiating policy specifics, but Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care…
As we highlighted last week, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—the newly installed head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—have…
Last week, Medicare Rights Center joined with other members of the Chronic Illness and Disability Partnership and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School to…
This week, Medicare Rights submitted comments in response to the annual Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D proposed rule for 2026 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).…
Annual changes to premiums and cost-sharing, as well as the continued rollout of significant Part D reforms included in the Inflation Reduction Act, can give rise to questions and confusion.…
As 2024 winds down, our sights turn to 2025, which will see a new Congress and administration. Amid these shifts and always, Medicare Rights will focus on protecting and expanding…
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