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Eileen Cook June 3, 2025June 3, 2025 CMS, IEP, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

When is the Medicare initial enrollment period?

Medicare initial enrollment period (IEP) occurs three months before your 65th birthday, the month of your 65th birthday, and the

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Eileen Cook June 2, 2025June 2, 2025 Healthcare Finance, Lawsuit, Medicare Part D, PBMs

CVS, Express Scripts sue over Arkansas PBM law

(By: Alexandra Murphy for Becker’s Hospital Review) CVS Health and Express Scripts, two of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers,

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Eileen Cook June 2, 2025June 2, 2025 Alzheimer's Disease, Caregiver, Memory Cafe, Older Adults

Memory cafes offer camaraderie and fun for people with dementia — and their caregivers

(By Lydia McFarlane for NPR) Rob Kennedy mingled with about a dozen other people in a community space in Clarks

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Eileen Cook June 2, 2025June 2, 2025 Caregiver, Caregiver Stress, Medicaid

Role Reversal: Millions of Kids Are Caregivers for Elders. Why Their Numbers Might Grow.

(By Leah Fabel for KFF Health News) ST. PAUL, Minn. — High school senior Joshua Yang understands sacrifice. When he

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Eileen Cook May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, HSAs, legislative update

Expansions to Health Savings Accounts in House Budget Reconciliation: Unpacking the Provisions and Costs to Taxpayers

(By Meghan Salaga and Kaye Pestaina for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May 29, 2025) The 2025 federal budget reconciliation

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Eileen Cook May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 CHAMPVA, Veterans, Veterans Health care

Save time filing your CHAMPVA claim online

(Source – news.va.gov) If you’re the spouse, widow(er) or child of an eligible Veteran who receives Civilian Health and Medical

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Eileen Cook May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 Alzheimer's Treatment, Nasal Spray, Older Adults

Can this nasal spray slow down Alzheimer’s? One couple is helping scientists find out

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Joe Walsh, 79, is waiting to inhale. He’s perched on a tan recliner at the

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Eileen Cook May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 CBO, Healthcare Finance, legislative update, LTC Facilities, Medicaid, Older Adults

5 Key Facts About Nursing Facilities and Medicaid

(By Priya Chidambaram, Alice Burns, Tricia Neuman, and Robin Rudowitz for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May 28, 2025) The

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Eileen Cook May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 AI, Healthcare redesign

AI’s 5 biggest healthcare impacts

(By: Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review) Will AI reduce hospital administrative staff? Seventy-one percent of respondents to a survey

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Eileen Cook May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 Healthcare Reform, Hospice, HR 3467, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

H.R. 3467 Reforming Medicare Advantage

The Medicare Advantage Reform Act, H.R. 3467, would make changes to the Medicare Advantage health plans. The changes would include

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