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Eileen Cook September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Increase in Medicare Advantage premiums, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

Medicare Advantage premiums to remain stable in 2024

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D premiums, benefits and plan choices won’t be

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Eileen Cook September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 CMS, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization, Medicare Open enrollment

The new prior authorization rules for Medicare Advantage plans

Medicare’s open enrollment period is October 15 – December 7. The Medicare Open Enrollment period is when all people with

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Eileen Cook September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 CMS, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap

Who is eligible for Medicare? 

Medicare is the federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older. However, certain younger people with disabilities,

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Eileen Cook September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Older Adults

What are Medicare Supplement plans

Medicare is the federal health insurance for people over 65 years of age. Generally, you only need to sign up

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Eileen Cook September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 Food Insecurity, Veterans, Veterans Health care

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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Eileen Cook September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 Heart Transplant, Medical Technology, Older Adults, Xenotransplantation

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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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