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Month: March 2021

Health Care Finance Legislative Update Medicare - General 

Bill delaying Medicare payment cuts passes Senate

March 26, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Senate passed legislation March 25 that will delay $18 billion in Medicare payment

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Veterans Benefits 

VA’s new Whole Health app

March 26, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(Source – www.blogs.va.gov) Whole Health is VA’s holistic health approach that puts your values, aspirations and well-being at the center

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Emerging Health Issues Medical Technology Part D/Prescription Drugs 

What to make of the AstraZeneca vaccine data — and the surrounding controversy

March 26, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Adam Feurerstein, Damian Garde, and Meg Tirrell for STAT) AstraZeneca’s up-and-down quest to develop a vaccine for Covid-19 stands

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Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage 

Her Doctor’s Office Moved One Floor Up. Her Bill Was 10 Times Higher.

March 26, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Lauren Weber for Kaiser Health News) Kyunghee Lee’s right hand hurts all the time. She spent decades running a

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Veterans Benefits 

Making community emergency care easier for Veterans

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(Source – blogs.va.gov/VAntage) Using an online tool or a central phone number, it’s now easier to notify VA within 72

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Part D/Prescription Drugs 

Public opinion of pharma companies improving despite rising drug costs, poll finds

March 25, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Pharmaceutical companies have seen a sharp increase in positive public opinion over the

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Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs 

A Snapshot of Sources of Coverage Among Medicare Beneficiaries in 2018

March 24, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Wyatt Koma, Juliette Cubanski, and Tricia Neuman for Kaiser Family Foundation published March 23, 2021) More than 62 million

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Employer Healthcare Medicare - General 

How Medicare Works with employer group coverage

March 24, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

If you are still working beyond age 65 and have health insurance through your employer, should you apply for Medicare?

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Health Care Redesign M4A and Public Option Plans 

More voters favor a public health insurance option

March 24, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

A new survey from the Morning Consult/Politico found more than half of voters are in favor of either a “Medicare

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Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs 

13 leading drugmakers’ top 3 drugs by revenue in 2020

March 24, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The best-selling drug in the world in 2020 was AbbVie’s Humira, an immunology drug

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