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Eileen Cook July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, MedicalDebt, Unexpected Medical bills

Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs

(By Grace Sparks, Lunna Lopes, Alex Montero, Marley Presiado, and Liz Hamel for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jul 11,

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Eileen Cook July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 Disabled Veterans, VA Specially Adapted Housing, Veterans

VA’s Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) Program helps disabled Veterans

(Source – news.va.gov) VA’s Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) program helps Veterans with disabilities, including those with spinal cord injuries and

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Eileen Cook July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Hospital-at-home program, medicare, Older Adults

Lawmakers introduce 5-year hospital-at-home extension

(By: Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review) A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers has introduced a bill that would extend

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Eileen Cook July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medicare Prescription Cap, Older Adults

What is the Medicare prescription cap

Two types of Medicare plans cover your prescription drug needs: Stand-alone Medicare Part D plans or Medicare Advantage prescription drug

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Eileen Cook July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Older Adults

Medicare is turning 60 soon

The Medicare program is turning 60 at the end of July (30th) and is still going.  A recent survey of

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Eileen Cook July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

10 states where people spend the most, least on health insurance

(By: Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Americans are spending the most for health insurance in Vermont and the least

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Eileen Cook July 9, 2025July 9, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medigap, Older Adults

What does Medicare-approved amount mean?

Do you know the difference between what your provider bills Medicare and the amount paid by Medicare? It is called

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Eileen Cook July 9, 2025July 9, 2025 CMS, False Medicare and Medicaid claims, Healthcare Finance, Judgement, Medicaid, medicare

CVS’ Omnicare hit with $949M judgement in False Claims case

(By: Alexandra Murphy for Becker’s Hospital Review) A federal judge has ordered CVS Health subsidiary Omnicare to pay $948.8 million

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Eileen Cook July 9, 2025July 9, 2025 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Surprise Ambulance Bills

State laws to stop surprise ambulance bills face pushback from insurers

(By Rae Ellen Bichell and Katheryn Houghton for NPR) Nicole Silva’s 4-year-old daughter was headed to a relative’s house near

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CMSHealth Care FinanceMedicare - General
Eileen Cook July 8, 2025July 8, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Older Adults

Estimated 2026 Part B premium

Most of us did not read the entire 267 pages of the 2025 Medicare Trustees report. If you did, you

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