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• KHN: ‘Incredibly Concerning’ Lawsuit Threatens No-Charge Preventive Care for Millions

  March 31, 2021:   With a challenge to the Affordable Care Act still pending at the Supreme Court, conservatives are continuing to launch legal attacks on the law, including a case in which a Texas federal judge seems open to ending th Read More >

• KHN: Under New Cost-Cutting Medicare Rule, Same Surgery, Same Place, Different Bill

  March 29, 2021: A cost-saving change in Medicare launched in the final days of the Trump administration will cut payments to hospitals for some surgical procedures while potentially raising costs and confusion for patients. For years, the Read More >

• News: President Biden Signs Law Saving Multiemployer Pension Plans from Insolvency

  March 25, 2021: One of the most important parts of the American Rescue Plan for union members and numerous other workers and retirees is its provision saving multiemployer pension plans from insolvency. More than ten million Americans, including Read More >

• KHN: Democrats Eye Medicare Negotiations to Lower Drug Prices

  March 25, 2021: Democrats, newly in control of Congress and the White House, are united behind an idea that Republican lawmakers and major drugmakers fiercely oppose: empowering the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate the prices Read More >

• KHN: Covid Cases Plummet 83% Among Nursing Home Staffers Despite Vaccine Hesitancy

  March 15, 2021:   Joan Phillips, a certified nursing assistant in a Florida nursing home,  loved her job but dreaded the danger of going to work in the pandemic. When vaccines became available in December, she jumped at the chance to Read More >

• Tell Your Senators to Pass the PRO Act

  March 15, 2021: All working Americans deserve the right to join in union. But many corporations have attacked unions and workers' rights for decades. Please send a message to your Senators urging them to pass the PRO Act and empower workers Read More >

• KHN: Texas Winter Storm Exposes Gaps in Senior Living Oversight

  March 12, 2021: When the big, red and extremely loud fire alarm went off in Maria Skladzien’s apartment, the 74-year-old ventured into the hallway with fellow residents of her Houston-area senior living community. The brutal winter storm that s Read More >

• Retirees Applaud Action to Save Multiemployer Pension Plans from Insolvency

  March 10, 2021: More than ten million Americans will have greatly increased pension security for the benefits they have earned thanks to a provision in the American Rescue Plan which President Biden will sign into law this week. “Working peo Read More >

• KHN: Reopening of Long-Term Care Facilities Is ‘an Absolute Necessity for Our Well-Being’

  March 08, 2021:   For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed to visitors. Now, it’s time for them to open back up and relieve residents of crushing isolation, according to a growing chorus o Read More >

• Sign Our Petition to Urge Congress to Add Postal Banking as a USPS Service

  March 01, 2021: Adding postal banking as a USPS service would generate revenue and help millions of Americans, especially seniors and those living in rural areas, who rely on the Post Office for delivery of important goods and services. Sign o Read More >