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Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D, Seniors

New KFF Poll Finds that Many Older Voters Are Unaware of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation, But Awareness Has Grown

(By Chris Lee and Craig Palosky for The Kaiser Family Foundation published May 15, 2024) A new KFF poll finds

Aging CMS Health Care - General Medicare - General Mental Health/Behavioral Health Substance Abuse

Eileen Cook May 13, 2024May 13, 2024 CMS, medicare, Mental Health, Older Adults, Opioid Use Disorder, Substance Abuse

Congress: Close Medicare’s dangerous gaps in coverage for addiction treatment

(By Brian Hurley and Paul N. Samuels for STAT) While many people immediately picture young adults when thinking about the

CMS Emerging Health Issues Health Care - General Health Insurance Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 CMS, Diabetes, Emerging Healthcare, GLP-1s drugs, Healthcare Costs, heart disease, medicare, Medicare Part D, Mounjaro, Obesity, Ozempic, Wegovy

Poll: 1 in 8 Adults Say They’ve Taken a GLP-1 Drug, Including 4 in 10 of Those with Diabetes and 1 in 4 of Those with Heart Disease

(By Tammie Smith at The Kaiser Family Foundation published May 10, 2024) About one in eight adults (12%) say they

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

Eileen Cook May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 CMS, Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

Medicare’s financial picture brightens slightly

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund is expected to run out in 2036, five years

Aging Alzheimer's/Dementia Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Nursing Homes Part D/Prescription Drugs Women's Health

Eileen Cook May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 Alzheimer's Disease, CMS, Dementia, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Women's Health

10 Key Facts About Women with Medicare

(By Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, Michelle Long, Nancy Ochieng, Tricia Neuman, and Alina Salganicoff for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published:

CMS Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 CMS, FDA, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Reduce Heart Risk, Semaglutide, Wegovy

An Estimated 1 in 4 Medicare Beneficiaries With Obesity or Overweight Could Be Eligible for Medicare Coverage of Wegovy, an Anti-Obesity Drug, to Reduce Heart Risk

(By Chris Lee for The Kaiser Family Foundation published April 24, 2024) In a new analysis, KFF finds that 3.6

CMS Health Care - General Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Arlene Sharp April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage

Untangling The Multiple Parts Of Medicare

Published by 1A on April 24, 2024 for NPR When we began our retirement series a couple months ago, there

CMS Health Care - General Health Insurance Medicare - General

Arlene Sharp April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 chronic illness, CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare

Medicare Stumbles Managing a Costly Problem — Chronic Illness

By Phil Galewitz on April 24, 2024 for KFF Health News Nearly a decade ago, Medicare launched a program to

Aging CMS FDA Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 CMS, FDA, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Obesity, Older Adults, Ozempic, Wegovy

A New Use for Wegovy Opens the Door to Medicare Coverage for Millions of People with Obesity

(By Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, Nolan Sroczynski, and Anthony Damico for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 24, 2024) The

Aging Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Retiree Health Benefits

Retiree Health Benefits: Going, Going, Nearly Gone?

(By Tricia Neuman and Anthony Damico for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 12, 2024) Employer- and union-sponsored retiree health