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KFF Health News: Your Doctor or Your Insurer? Little-Known Rules May Ease the Choice in Medicare Advantage
April 03, 2024: Bart Klion, 95, and his wife, Barbara, faced a tough choice in January: The upstate New York couple learned that this year they could keep either their private, Medicare Advantage insurance plan — or their doctors at Saratoga Ho Read More >
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Lower Insulin Prices, Out-of-Pocket Cost Caps for Medicare Beneficiaries Kick Off 2024
January 05, 2024: Medicare beneficiaries will see a wide array of cost-saving benefits in the new year. Thanks to the Biden Administration, seniors will continue to pay no more than the monthly cap of $35 for insulin, and vaccines under Part D will Read More >
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KFF Health News: Dodging the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Can Be Costly
December 14, 2023: Angela M. Du Bois, a retired software tester in Durham, North Carolina, wasn’t looking to replace her UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plan. She wasn’t concerned as the Dec. 7 deadline approached for choosing another of the Read More >
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Uncle Sam Wants You … to Help Stop Insurers’ Bogus Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics
November 30, 2023: After an unprecedented crackdown on misleading advertising claims by insurers selling private Medicare Advantage and drug plans, the Biden administration hopes to unleash a special weapon to make sure companies follow the new rule Read More >
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KFF Health News: Medicare Enrollees Can Switch Coverage Now. Here’s What’s New and What to Consider.
October 19, 2023: Consumers know it’s fall when stores start offering Halloween candy and flu shots — and airwaves and mailboxes are filled with advertisements for Medicare options. It’s annual open enrollment time again for the 65 milli Read More >
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Pleasant Surprise: Medicare’s Per Person Spending Has Stopped Skyrocketing
September 07, 2023: Spending per Medicare beneficiary has nearly leveled off over more than a decade — but for unknown reasons. The lower per-person cost could have to do with the Affordable Care Act, fewer heart attacks, or the recent lack of new Read More >
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White House Announces First 10 Drugs Up for Medicare Price Negotiation
September 01, 2023: On Tuesday, the Biden-Harris administration unveiled a list of the 10 prescription drugs that Medicare will negotiate lower prices for with drug corporations. The list has several drugs that many seniors use, including Eliquis Read More >
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White House to Name First 10 Drugs for Medicare Negotiations Next Week
August 25, 2023: The Biden-Harris administration plans to unveil the first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations Tuesday, in a milestone in the president’s plan to lower the price of prescription drugs. Democrats in the House and Read More >
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Speaker McCarthy Commission to Find Ways to Cut Government Spending, Including Social Security and Medicare, as Congress Passes Bill to Raise Debt Ceiling
June 05, 2023: Speaking on Fox News, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced plans to assemble a bipartisan commission to look at potential cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and all federal government spending. McCarthy spoke hours before the Read More >
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Poll: Most Americans Oppose Social Security, Medicare Cuts
April 18, 2023: According to a new AP-NORC poll, a majority of adults support increasing taxes on high income households to pay for Medicare, a plan proposed by President Biden last month. In addition, few are in favor of changes to Medicare or S Read More >