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Build Back Better Act Clears Procedural Vote in House, Awaits Next Steps
November 15, 2021: Following the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill on Friday, November 5, Democrats in Congress passed a key procedural vote to set up eventual passage of the Build Back Better Act, H.R. 5376, as they worked toward securi Read More >
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KHN: Medicare Enrollment Blitz Doesn’t Include Options to Move Into Medigap
November 10, 2021: Medicare’s annual open-enrollment season is here and millions of beneficiaries — prompted by a massive advertising campaign and aided by a detailed federal website — will choose a private Medicare Advantage plan. But Read More >
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KHN: Medicare Punishes 2,499 Hospitals for High Readmissions
October 29, 2021: The federal government’s effort to penalize hospitals for excessive patient readmissions is ending its first decade with Medicare cutting payments to nearly half the nation’s hospitals. In its 10th annual round of penalties Read More >
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CEOs Against Medicare Price Negotiation Were Paid $400 Million Collectively Last Year
October 04, 2021: The fight over allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, and use the savings to expand guaranteed dental, hearing and vision benefits, continued in earnest on Capitol Hill this week. Executives from 33 pharmaceutical co Read More >
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KHN: An Ad’s Charge That Price Haggling Would ‘Swipe $500 Billion From Medicare’ Is Incorrect
September 29, 2021: “These guys [insurance companies and Washington bureaucrats] are working together to swipe $500 billion from Medicare to pay for Pelosi and Schumer’s out-of-control spending spree.” Video advertisement from the Read More >
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Why Doesn’t Medicare Cover Services So Many Seniors Need?
August 11, 2021: Sorry, Joe Namath. Despite what you keep saying in those TV ads, under Medicare, seniors are not “entitled to eliminate copays and get dental care, dentures, eyeglasses, prescription drug coverage, in-home aides, unlimited tra Read More >
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News: Biden Administration Announces 500,000 New HealthCare.gov Sign-Ups
April 09, 2021: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials announced on Wednesday that, between mid-February and the end of March, more than 500,000 Americans had signed up for coverage on HealthCare.gov, the federal at the Affo Read More >
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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 >
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Trump’s Transparent Election-year Bribe to Seniors Will Cause Permanent Damage to Medicare
October 08, 2020: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding President Trump’s $7.9 billion plan to give Medicare beneficiaries a card in the mail worth $200 to help p Read More >
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Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans on the Biden Plan for Mobilizing American Talent and Heart to Create a 21st Century Caregiving and Education Workforce
July 21, 2020: “Today’s Biden caregiving plan fills a critical gap in senior health care. Through innovative thinking It will help hundreds of thousands of older Americans maintain their independence and stay in their homes as they age. Read More >