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

Eileen Cook November 18, 2025November 18, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, IRMAA, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Part B

Medicare Beneficiaries Are Not Insulated from Affordability Challenges As Part B Premiums Rise in 2026

(By Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation published Nov 17, 2025) Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Legislative Update

Eileen Cook November 18, 2025November 18, 2025 ACA, ACA Subsidies, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Legislation

House Republicans weigh sending ACA dollars to consumers

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee are considering a bill that

FDA Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 Biosimilars drugs, FDA, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Part D

FDA’s Plan To Boost Biosimilar Drugs Could Stall at the Patent Office

(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) While the FDA is streamlining regulation of copycat versions of the expensive drugs

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

Eileen Cook November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

2026 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles

(Source – www.cms.gov) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2026 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for

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

Eileen Cook November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Open enrollment, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Provider Network

Don’t overlook provider network

We are currently in the Medicare Open Enrollment period, during which Medicare recipients can make changes to their Medicare coverage.

Consumer Data Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 GLP-1 drugs, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

Poll: 1 in 8 Adults Say They Are Currently Taking a GLP-1 Drug for Weight Loss, Diabetes or Another Condition, Even as Half Say the Drugs Are Difficult to Afford

(Contact – Craig Palosky for The Kaiser Family Foundation published November 14, 2025) About one in eight adults (12%) say

Artificial Intelligence Consumer Data Emerging Health Issues Health Care Redesign

Eileen Cook November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 AI, Emerging Healthcare, Healthcare Finance

‘At our core, we’re a data company’: UnitedHealth leans on AI to drive growth

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealth Group is working to position itself as a frontrunner in the wider healthcare

CMS Health Care Finance HHS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook November 13, 2025November 13, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part B premiums, MedPAC

Medicare premiums are being pushed by rising payments to Medicare Advantage plans

According to a recent report by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPaC), the cost of Medicare Part B premiums is

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Health Care Finance HHS Legislative Update Medicaid

Eileen Cook November 13, 2025November 13, 2025 ACA, CMS, H.R. 1, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Legislation, Medicaid

Medicaid Enrollment & Spending Growth: FY 2025 & 2026

(Authors: Elizabeth Williams, Anna Mudumala, Elizabeth Hinton, and Robin Rudowitz for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Nov 13, 2025) States

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook November 13, 2025November 13, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, prior authorization requirements, WISeR Model

8 things to know about the Medicare prior authorization pilot program

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction initiative from CMS will take effect next