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Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

What Do People with Medicare Think About the Role of Marketing, Shopping for Medicare Options, and Their Coverage?

(By Meredith Freed, Alex Cottrill, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Sep 20, 2023)

Homelessness Veterans Benefits

Eileen Cook September 22, 2023 HUD-VASH, Veterans, Veterans Homelessness

Santa Barbara VA and community partners reduce Veteran homelessness

(Source – news.va.gov) With increased housing costs, rising inflation and the end of eviction moratoriums, many cities across the nation

Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 Healthcare redesign, Legislation, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Supplemental benefits, Whole Health in Medicare Advantage Act

AHIP backs legislation expanding Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Two lawmakers are introducing legislation that would expand the scope of supplemental benefits

CMS HHS Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 CMS, HHS, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Ads, Older Adults

How Medicare Advantage is being advertised on TV

(By Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) More than 85 percent of the nearly 650,000 Medicare TV ad airings over

HHS Medical Technology Pandemic

Eileen Cook September 21, 2023 COVID-19 testing, Free Covid tests, HHS

Free Covid tests will be offered again to all U.S. households

(By Helen Branswell and Rachel Cohrs for STAT) The federal government is again offering free Covid-19 tests to Americans, providing

DME Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 DME, Dual Eligible, Medicaid, medicare

She has Medicare and Medicaid. So why should it take 18 months to get a wheelchair?

(By Leslie Walker and Dan Gorenstein for NPR) Saleema Render-Hornsby was shocked by the letter she had just received from Medicare.

Alzheimer's/Dementia Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 Alzheimer's Disease, Dual Eligible, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease more likely to switch to traditional Medicare: Study

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia are 1.4 times more

Food Insecurity Veterans Benefits

Eileen Cook September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 Malnutrition, Veterans, Veterans Health care

Learn how to reduce or prevent your risk of malnutrition

(Source – news.va.gov) Malnutrition is a serious condition in which the body does not receive the nutrients it needs to

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

5 ways Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare differ on affordability: Survey

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Around 1 in 5 adults with Medicare reported high healthcare costs in the

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

What to Know about the Medicare Open Enrollment Period and Medicare Coverage Options

(By Alex Cottrill, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Tricia Neuman, and Juliette Cubanski for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Sep 18, 2023)

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