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Kaiser Health News: Medicare Surprise – Drug Plan Prices Touted During Open Enrollment Can Rise Within a Month
May 03, 2022: Something strange happened between the time Linda Griffith signed up for a new Medicare prescription drug plan during last fall’s enrollment period and when she tried to fill her first prescription in January. She pic Read More >
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Generic Drug Manufacturer Announces Plans for Low-Cost Insulin
March 14, 2022: Uninsured and underinsured Americans often pay the highest out-of-pocket costs for their medicine, forcing many to choose between purchasing the medicine they need and covering essential living expenses. However, the country’s f Read More >
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KHN: Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars
February 10, 2022: The federal government has penalized 764 hospitals — including more than three dozen it simultaneously rates as among the best in the country — for having the highest numbers of patient infections and potentially avoidable Read More >
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House Passes Historic Build Back Act that Lowers Drug Prices, Funds Home Care and Hearing Aids
November 22, 2021: The House voted 220-213 to pass the Build Back Better Act, H.R. 5376, Friday morning, sending President Biden’s sweeping plan to invest in middle class families and expand long-awaited social programs to the U.S. Senate. The bil Read More >
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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 >