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• KFF Health News: Montana’s Medicaid Expansion Conundrum

  February 25, 2025: HELENA, Mont. — Despite concerns about what Congress and the Trump administration might have planned for Medicaid, Montana’s Republican-led legislature and GOP governor appear ready to keep the state’s Medicaid expansion program in place beyond...Read more >

• KFF Health News: GOP Takes Aim at Medicaid, Putting Enrollees and Providers at Risk

  February 21, 2025: Medicaid is under threat — again. Republicans, who narrowly control Congress, are pushing proposals that could sharply cut funding to the government health insurance program for poor and disabled Americans, as a way to finance President Donald T...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, Again?

  February 19, 2025: In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got basic details wrong about Medicaid — a program he now oversees. He said that Medicaid is full...Read more >

• Does President Trump Think Older Americans Are Dumb?

  February 19, 2025: Alliance for Retired Americans leader Richard Fiesta released the following statement regarding President Trump’s endorsement of the House Budget Resolution which will slash billions from Medicaid: “Last night on a Fox News interview with Sean...Read more >

• Seniors Are Alarmed by DOGE Access to Their Personal Data in SSA Systems and Musk’s Disinformation Campaign

  February 18, 2025: Alliance for Retired Americans leader Richard Fiesta released the following statement on the chaos created by the Trump Administration at the Social Security Administration (SSA) last night: “Every American should be alarmed that Elon Musk’s u...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Across the South, Rural Health Care Has Become ‘Trendy.’ Medicaid Expansion Has Not.

  February 06, 2025: WALHALLA, S.C. — Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a small primary care clinic run by Clemson University draws patients from across the region. Many are Hispanic and uninsured, and some are willing to travel from other counties,...Read more >

• KFF Health News: The Growing Inequality in Life Expectancy Among Americans

  January 22, 2025: The life expectancy among Native Americans in the western United States has dropped below 64 years, close to life expectancies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. For many Asian Americans, it’s around 84 — on par with life expectan...Read more >

• 15 New Drugs Selected for 2025 Medicare Price Negotiation

  January 17, 2025: On Friday, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a list of 15 new prescription drugs that Medicare will negotiate lower prices for. Under the law, HHS is required to negotiate a specific number of drugs each year. The list con...Read more >

• Out-of-Pocket Cap Expected to Save Medicare Beneficiaries More than $7 Billion in 2025

  January 17, 2025: A new analysis indicates that the Inflation Reduction Act’s $2,000 cap on annual out-of-pocket prescription drug costs – which kicked in this year – will result in significant savings for seniors. About 11 million Americans with Medicare are ex...Read more >

• Medicare Advantage Does Not Provide More Supplemental Coverage for Beneficiaries

  January 17, 2025: Despite Medicare Advantage plans being able to offer beneficiaries dental, vision, and hearing services, a new study shows that beneficiaries do not actually receive more of these services than people with traditional Medicare. The study found tha...Read more >