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Even Sen. McConnell Reprimands Sen. Rick Scott over Drastic Social Security, Medicare Proposals
March 07, 2022: In a rare public admonishment of one of his top lieutenants, Sen. GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) rebuked Sen. Rick Scott's (FL) plan that “sunsets” Social Security and Medicare within five years. Sunsetting is a legal provisi 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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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: 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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Retirees Applaud HHS Secretary Becerra’s Directive that CMS Reconsider 14% 2022 Medicare Premium Hike
January 10, 2022: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding reports that Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has ordered the Centers for Medicare and Read More >
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Medicare Beneficiaries’ Telehealth Visits Increased 63-Fold in 2020
December 13, 2021: When the COVID-19 pandemic prevented many Medicare recipients from going to their in-person routine medical appointments, the Medicare program responded in 2020 by offering temporary waivers to increase telehealth visits. Those wa 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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Retirees Applaud House Passage of Build Back Better Act that Lowers Drug Costs, Funds Home Care, Adds Guaranteed Hearing Benefit to Medicare
November 19, 2021: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, H.R. 5376, in the U.S. House: “The Alliance for Retired Americans applauds 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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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 >