Texas Mobile Vet Center assists with food distribution
(Source – news.va.gov) The Texas heat couldn’t stop the San Antonio Vet Center outreach specialists from joining Soldiers’ Angels volunteers
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Month: September 2023
Genetically altered pig heart transplanted into a human for the second time
(By Megan Molteni for STAT) In a new test of xenotransplantation, a medical team at the University of Maryland Medical
Read MoreWhat 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)
Read MoreSanta 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
Read MoreAHIP 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
Read MoreHow 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
Read MoreFree 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
Read MoreShe 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.
Read MoreMedicare 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
Read MoreLearn 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
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