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Tell Congress to Mark Medicare’s 56th Birthday with Lower Drug Prices
June 28, 2021: It's Medicare's 56th birthday this year! You can sign our petition to tell Congress to mark the occasion by requiring Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. Read More >
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Schumer Backs Plan to Expand Medicare, Add Dental, Vision, and Hearing Coverage
June 28, 2021: Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (NY) said he backs a proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT) to include dental, vision, and hearing coverage in Medicare on Sunday. Schumer made the argument for expanding Medicare coverage duri Read More >
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Government Panel: Higher Drug Prices, not More Prescriptions, Are Driving Higher Medicare Spending
June 21, 2021: Medicare’s spending on prescription drugs increased by 26% between 2013 and 2018 -- and high drug prices are to blame -- according to a new report from the Medicare Advisory Payment Commission (MedPAC). The expert report rebu Read More >
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Members of Congress Suggest Expanding Medicare Telehealth Options
May 24, 2021: Early on in the pandemic, the federal government expanded telehealth services covered under traditional Medicare on a temporary, emergency basis. Before, only patients who lived in rural areas could access telehealth options from Read More >
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Tell Congress to Strengthen Medicare and Lower Drug Prices
April 12, 2021: Read More >
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Medicare Test
April 01, 2021: Read More >
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KHN: Under New Cost-Cutting Medicare Rule, Same Surgery, Same Place, Different Bill
March 29, 2021: A cost-saving change in Medicare launched in the final days of the Trump administration will cut payments to hospitals for some surgical procedures while potentially raising costs and confusion for patients. For years, the Read More >
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KHN: Democrats Eye Medicare Negotiations to Lower Drug Prices
March 25, 2021: Democrats, newly in control of Congress and the White House, are united behind an idea that Republican lawmakers and major drugmakers fiercely oppose: empowering the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate the prices Read More >
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KHN: Seniors Face Crushing Drug Costs as Congress Stalls on Capping Medicare Out-Of-Pockets
January 07, 2021: Sharon Clark is able to get her life-sustaining cancer drug, Pomalyst — priced at more than $18,000 for a 28-day supply — only because of the generosity of patient assistance foundations. Clark, 57, a former insurance agent 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 >