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Employer Healthcare Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap

Eileen Cook June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, State Retiree Health Plans

Many state retiree health plans are switching to Medicare Advantage plans

As of February 2024, about 33.4 million people were enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, representing 51 percent of eligible Medicare

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 ACA, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Marketplace Premiums

How ACA Marketplace Premiums Changed by County in 2024

(By Jared Ortaliza, Justin Lo, Matt McGough, and Cynthia Cox for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 06, 2024) Premiums

CMS Health Care Finance Legal Actions/Court Decisions Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook June 5, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Star Ratings, Older Adults

SCAN beats CMS in Medicare Advantage star ratings lawsuit

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) SCAN Health Plan has won its lawsuit against CMS that claimed the agency

Health Care - General Pandemic Rural Health Telehealth

Eileen Cook June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Internet Subsidies, Rural Community, Rural Health, Telehealth

End of Pandemic Internet Subsidies Threatens a Health Care Lifeline for Rural America

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for KFF Health News) FORT HALL RESERVATION, Idaho — Myrna Broncho realized just how necessary an

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

Eileen Cook June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 CMS, GLP-1s drugs, Health Insurance companies, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Weight loss drug coverage gets more complicated

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) In less than a month’s time, a federal lawmaker warned weight loss drugs

CMS Emerging Health Issues Health Care Finance Medicare - General

Eileen Cook May 17, 2024 CMS, GLP-1s drugs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Semaglutide

Medicare spending on weight loss drugs may be lower than previously thought: Report

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare spending on GLP-1 medications may not be as high as some estimates predict

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance

Eileen Cook May 16, 2024May 16, 2024 Affordable housing, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign

UnitedHealth hits $1B affordable housing investment milestone

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealth Group has surpassed $1 billion in affordable housing investments since the company

Health Care Finance Health Insurance HHS Legal Actions/Court Decisions

Eileen Cook May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 Health Insurance companies, Healthcare Finance, HHS, Justice Department, Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and Collusion

Justice Department forms healthcare competition task force

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Justice Department formed a task force to study monopolies and anti-competitive behavior

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook May 9, 2024May 9, 2024 CMS, Health Risk Assessments, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Limiting Medicare Advantage patient surveys could save billions: Study

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Limiting the use of health risk assessments in Medicare Advantage could save the

Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 Health Technology Assessments, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Part D, Value-based drug pricing

The world is relying on the United States to get value-based drug pricing right

(By Jason Shafrin, Louis Garrison, and Melanie D. Whittington for STAT) The changing landscape of drug pricing policy in the