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Eileen Cook July 3, 2025July 3, 2025 CBO, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Rural Health

How Might Federal Medicaid Cuts in the Senate-Passed Reconciliation Bill Affect Rural Areas?

(By Heather Saunders, Alice Burns, and Zachary Levinson for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jul 02, 2025) Approximately 66 million

Aging Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Dual Eligible Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook June 24, 2025June 24, 2025 CBO, Dual Eligibles, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Older Adults

Seven Million People with Medicare Spend More Than 10% of Income on Part B Premiums – The Reconciliation Bill Could Drive the Number Higher

(By Alex Cottrill, Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, and Karen Smith for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 23, 2025) Most

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicaid

Eileen Cook June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 CBO, Medicaid, Medicaid Work Requirement, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

A Closer Look at the Medicaid Work Requirement Provisions in the “Big Beautiful Bill”

(By Elizabeth Hinton, Amaya Diana, and Robin Rudowitz for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 20, 2025) On May 22,

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Aging Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care Finance Medicaid

Eileen Cook June 20, 2025June 20, 2025 ACA, CBO, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Older Adults

5 Key Facts About Medicaid Coverage for People Ages 50 and Older

(By Abby Wolk and Alice Burns for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 18, 2025) On May 22, the House

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicaid Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 CBO, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus payments

Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Payments Will Total at Least $12.7 Billion in 2025

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 12, 2025) The House-passed

Aging Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care Finance Legislative Update LTC Medicaid

Eileen Cook May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 CBO, Healthcare Finance, legislative update, LTC Facilities, Medicaid, Older Adults

5 Key Facts About Nursing Facilities and Medicaid

(By Priya Chidambaram, Alice Burns, Tricia Neuman, and Robin Rudowitz for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May 28, 2025) The

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medical Technology

Eileen Cook January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 Health Insurers, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medical Necessity, Prosthetic limbs

Health Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity

(By Michelle Andrews for KFF Health News) When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care - General Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Arlene Sharp December 30, 2024December 30, 2024

Extending Medicare coverage to obesity medications is imperative

By Anand Parekh, William Dietz, and Joseph Nadglowski for STAT on December 30, 2924 Although bipartisan legislation to provide Medicare coverage for obesity treatments

CMS Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook October 10, 2024October 10, 2024 CMS, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Weight Loss Drug Coverage

Weight loss drug coverage could cost Medicare $35B by 2034, CBO says: 4 notes

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) Authorizing Medicare to cover weight loss drugs would cost the federal government an

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook January 4, 2024January 4, 2024 ACA, All Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development, CBO, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMS, Healthcare Costs, Medicaid, medicare

The CBO Report That Didn’t Roar

(By Drew Altman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 04, 2024) A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report in September