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Eileen Cook December 12, 2025December 12, 2025 Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Some potential changes to your new Medicare Advantage plan

Were you one of the over 2.6 million seniors whose Medicare Advantage plan was terminated in 2026? Or are you

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Eileen Cook December 12, 2025December 12, 2025 Pharmacy, VA Health Connect, Veterans, Veterans Health care

VA Health Connect helps Veterans with pharmacy benefits in disasters

(Source – news.va.gov) Program can help provide medications to Veterans via local pharmacy If you’ve ever lived through a natural

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Eileen Cook December 12, 2025December 12, 2025 Employer Health Insurance, Health Insurance Premiums, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

Health insurance premiums increase at triple the rate of worker earnings: Study

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) Average worker contributions toward family insurance premiums grew by 308% between 1999 and

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Eileen Cook December 12, 2025December 12, 2025 ACA, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Premium Hike

Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) We’ve been here before: congressional Democrats and Republicans sparring over the future of

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Eileen Cook December 11, 2025December 11, 2025 CMS, CMS-4212 P, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Potential Improvements to Medicare Advantage

Although 2026 has not yet started, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2027 Medicare Advantage

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Eileen Cook December 11, 2025December 11, 2025 CMS, FDA, Hemp, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Proposed Medicare Advantage rule aims to broaden hemp coverage

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS’s proposed Medicare Advantage rule for 2027 includes more leeway for hemp coverage.

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Eileen Cook December 11, 2025December 11, 2025 Disabled, Hearing Aids, Older Adults, Wheelchair

Wheelchair? Hearing Aids? Yes. ‘Disabled’? No Way.

(By Paula Span for KFF Health News) In her house in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Barbara Meade said, “there are walkers and

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Medicare - GeneralMedicare AdvantagePart D/Prescription DrugsVeterans Benefits
Eileen Cook December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 CMS, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Veterans, Veterans Health care

Should you have both Medicare and VA benefits?

Roughly 300,000 veterans will turn 65 each year. Veterans who have benefits often find themselves confused about whether they should

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Eileen Cook December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage 2026 Spotlight: A First Look at Plan Premiums and Benefits

(Authors: Meredith Freed, Nancy Ochieng, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Dec

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Eileen Cook December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, Medicaid, Medicaid Work Requirement

8 things to know about Medicaid work requirements

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS issued a bulletin Dec. 8 outlining guidance on Medicaid’s forthcoming work requirements.

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