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Medicare to Pay for Home Covid Tests
February 04, 2022: On Thursday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans to make over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 tests available to people with Medicare at no cost by “early spring.” CMS's initial OTC testing poli Read More >
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KHN: Pandemic-Fueled Shortages of Home Health Workers Strand Patients Without Necessary Care
February 03, 2022: Frail older adults are finding it harder than ever to get paid help amid acute staff shortages at home health agencies. Several trends are fueling the shortages: Hospitals and other employers are hiring away home health workers Read More >
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KHN: Why Medicare Doesn’t Pay for Rapid At-Home Covid Tests
January 25, 2022: What group is especially vulnerable to the ravages of covid-19 even if fully vaccinated and boosted? Seniors. And who will have an especially tough time getting free at-home covid tests under the Biden administration’s plan? Read More >
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Supreme Court Decision Upholds Vaccine Rule for Most Nursing Home, Health Care Workers
January 24, 2022: In a 6-3 decision last week, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a U.S. Department of Labor emergency rule that would have required all businesses with 100 or more employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or be tested weekly. At the Read More >
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Biogen Cuts Price for Alzheimer’s Drug Amid Controversy
January 05, 2022: Facing widespread criticism for the exorbitant cost of its new Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, Biogen announced it would cut the price by half, from $56,000 per year to $28,200 per year. Biogen had projected that sales of the drug Read More >
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KHN: ‘The Charges Seem Crazy’: Hospitals Impose a ‘Facility Fee’ — For a Video Visit
December 17, 2021: When Arielle Harrison’s 9-year-old needed to see a pediatric specialist at Yale New Haven Health System in June, a telehealth visit seemed like a great option. Since her son wasn’t yet eligible to be vaccinated against cov Read More >
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KHN: As Big Pharma and Hospitals Battle Over Drug Discounts, Patients Miss Out on Millions in Benefits
November 22, 2021: In early July, as the covid-19 pandemic slammed rural America, the president of a small Kansas hospital sat down on a Friday afternoon and wrote the president of the United States to plead for help. “I do not intend t Read More >
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Medicare Premiums to Take a Big Bite out of Social Security’s 5.9% COLA in 2022
November 22, 2021: The standard monthly Medicare Part B premium in 2022 will rise to $170.10 from $148.50 in 2021 – a 14.55% jump and more than double what had been expected. A Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) official told CNN Read More >
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Despite Restraints, Democrats’ Drug Pricing Plan Could Still Aid Consumers
November 05, 2021: The Medicare prescription drug pricing plan Democrats unveiled this week is not nearly as ambitious as many lawmakers sought, but they and drug policy experts say the provisions crack open the door to reforms that could have drama Read More >
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Democrats Plan to Expand Medicare Hearing Benefits. What Can Consumers Expect?
November 05, 2021: President Joe Biden’s mammoth domestic spending bill would add hearing benefits to the traditional Medicare program — one of three major new benefits Democrats had sought. The Biden administration appears to have fallen sho Read More >